Charlton 8450C Fly Reel with 5/6 Spool

Charlton 8450C Fly Reel with 5/6 SpoolA nice Charlton 8450C fly reel with a 5 6 spool. Set up for LHW but can be easily reversed to RHW. Good lightly used condition with a little bit of rim rash and some minor cosmetic wear throughout. Exceptional quality and the intelligent configurable design that these reels were known for. With the quick change of a spool you can alter both the weight of the reel and line with appropriate backing capacity, and swap in one of the 3 4, 5 6, and 7 8

No sign of any use aside from a line wound on to the reel

Black cloth on boards

getting misplaced and dinged as you rifle through looking for it

A superb Sam Carlson "Carlson Four" bamboo fly rod

and 4 flats right "3865  #688"

Gary LaFontaine - "Caddisflies"

Original and full length

Black silks with forest green and black tipping at the ferrules

It is also different from the regular model 301a in that the pawl and spring are a little more delicate (like the Reed 45 model) and are more suited for protecting 7-8x tippets

Standard $800

The pewter oxidation at the ferrules has no sign of any wear

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