Hardy Perfect Salmon Reel 4 1/4"

Hardy Perfect Salmon Reel 4 1/4"A nice Hardy Perfect wide drum salmon reel, 4 1 4" with MKII check and likely dates to the mid 1960's. Set up for the usual RHW. The reel is in excellent condition mechanically, nice and tight. Full length ribbed alloy foot. Enamel finish with the straight line lettering on the winding plate. The frame is in good cosmetic shape with a few dings on the frame edges and the normal enamel loss that you find there. The enamel finish also has some low grade

The cane and hardware is entirely original and without repair

All black frame

different from the standard snakes of the mid and tips

There are no signs of hook digs and the inside of the snake guides show very little brassing

Two opposed node pattern

Tangerine agate stripping guide

A very scarce reel not made in large numbers

" The rod features Per's typical flared wells grip

These Remco models are extremely difficult to find in this kind of superb condition and and have a cult following worldwide

Handsome nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a mortised wood spacer

JT has been lightly carved in the bottom of the butt cap

There are some unusual circular marks on the spool to note in the second photo