Hardy St John Fly Reel 3 7/8"

Hardy St John Fly Reel 3 7/8"A nice Hardy St. John fly reel, 3 7 8" diameter and set up for RHW. An earlier three screw model with internal badging for "James Neill and Sons, Ltd Fredericton, NB" which I have seldom seen. The internals also bear the initials "TAG" (Thomas Armstrong 19281978 ) which is stamped into the inside of the frame. Good used condition with normal cosmetic wear throughout and some residue at the very interior part of the spool (to my eye it looks more like

or you could swap out a longer screw from another one of your Dingley reels

special ultralight tip tops

The smaller box with the trout fly is 5 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 3/4"

I've also built this rod with a several other features that I've been refining over the last 12 months

The rod will carry a lifetime warranty by the maker

Payne brown silks tipped gold with additional purple tipping at cork check and male ferrules

orange coburn

The all cork seat has an oxidized ring similar to the original and a formed nickel silver pocket cap that's a bit different than the original

Comes with original neoprene case

with this reel precision machined from 6061-T6 aluminum alloy

A Fin-Nor #3 anti-reverse fly reel with two spare spools

serial #A521