Ted Godfrey Westminster Guide Model 212 fly reel

Ted Godfrey Westminster Guide Model 212 fly reelFor sale here is a Ted Godfrey Westminster Guide fly reel Model 212 for a 2 weight line and backing. This raised pillar model features a 2. 1" frame edge to edge diameter (2. 45" pillar edge to edge). Frame width 1. 17". Weighs 3. 95 oz. Made from bronze and black anodized aluminum, this Westminster Guide model features a single screw take down and the tried and true adjustable click pawl drag system. It comes with the Westminster handle arm as

This is a mint unfished browntone with a nice medium action

The 6" cigar grip is moderately soiled and otherwise free of defects

Blued guides and tip-tops save the stripping guide

The reel has an adjustable drag and click and the five detent arrowhead pointer drag feature with red dot indicators

It's a 7'10" 2/2 for a 5 wt line and the rod is in mint condition

The varnish is superb and the rod is constructed in a two-up node pattern

A scarce little reel that's been preserved for about a century

Fraser was a Hardy rep in Montreal

and the ferrules are size 15/64 and 10/64

Never used

Black aluminum down-locking reel seat over a mortised cork spacer with a 1 1/8" fighting butt made later by Summers

Handmade in Sweden