Charlton 8550C Fly Reel w/Spey Spool - RHW

Charlton 8550C Fly Reel w/Spey Spool - RHWAn excellent Charlton 8550C fly reel with the super rare Spey spool! Right hand retrieve. 4 1 2" diameter with a 1. 2" spool width and a weight of 12. 3 ounces. It is designed to hold the equivalent of DT11F and 230 yards of 30# backing. The reel is in excellent used condition, with one set of scratches on the rim from a knock, and a few mounting marks on the foot. Very clean otherwise. It is perfect mechanically. Considered by Jack Charlton himself

The reel is set up for LHW but can be easily reversed to RHW

Smoky brown agate has one very slight hairline

This mint 1995 edition of Kelson's classic book on salmon flies is one of 750 copies put out on the 100th anniversary of the first edition by the Flyfisher's Classic Library

This reel was most likely made by Philbrook & Paine before Julius vom Hofe began making similar Leonard-marked reels in the early 1900s

The ferrules fit together perfectly

by design they were not concerned with totally straight rod sections

A nice reel mechanically with some exterior finish wear

For sale here is a Gary Howells bamboo rod in mint condition - 8 1/2 feet for a 5 weight in the standard 2/2 format

6'10 two sections with two tips

" #2039 is lettered just below the stripping guide

The actual weight of the rid is 3

) Casts a five weight line very nicely on the fast side of medium action