Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 2/0

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 2/0For sale here is an Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian salmon fly reel size 2 0. Made in St. Petersburg, FL in 1951. Serial number F176. Right hand retrieve. Excellent condition and all original. Model 400s were made with a multiplying gear. The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth. Full length foot and not filed. The original owner's initials are punched into the reel foot pillar. The reel comes with its original leather case in excellent condition

For sale here is a Charlton 8450C fly reel with 5/6 spool in slightly used but excellent plus condition

Leather cap with decorative stitching ring and star stamped in middle

One ring on the mid section appears to have been re-whipped

The rod exhibits a light dry-fly action with a 5 weight line

standing 7" tall and with a 9" diameter base

N/S cap and ring down-locking reel seat over what appears to be a cocobolo wood spacer (stunning

Signed by the author Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

You should be able to assess all of the screws as well

Very nice red agate stripping guide which

While ferrules have standardized sizes there is occasionally some small variation across makers

three sections with two tips for a five-weight line (possibly a WF6 would work nicely as well)

Schukken has been building quality bench-made fly rods and reels for the past 35 years