Hardy Wide Spool Perfect Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 9 Weight Silver rims and black side

Silver rims and black side plates with a smooth left hand retrieve

For sale here is a very rare and historically important Clinton sidemount trout reel

which is based on the Paul Young Perfectionist taper

There is some slight delamination on the butt section near the cork

2 7/8 ounce

Hardy Wide Spool Perfect Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 9 Weight Silver rims and black sideA superb Hardy Salmon Wide Spool Perfect in 3 3 4" size with a nickel silver line guard. Interwar period reel sold through Iver Johnson Sporting Goods in Boston. Excellent condition overall with much of the patina intact and a nice, full length foot (just about the only quibble with this reel is that the screw head is slightly chewy but it is in fantastic shape otherwise). Tight mechanically and this reel also has the oversized pawls which give it a