William H. Dingley's personal leather cast wallet

William H. Dingley's personal leather cast walletFor sale here is a one of a kind item William H. Dingley's personal leather cast wallet. Mr. Dingley was a master reelmaker back in the early to mid 1900's. For those of you unfamiliar with his legacy, I suggest you review this section of my website and better yet, this book chronicles, for the first time, the life and work of the Dingley family. The wallet measures 6" x 3 1 2". This item comes with provenance details directly from Raymond Dingley,

Burgandy slipcase

Bright nickel silver uplocking reel seat over a cherry wood spacer

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The rod is in excellent overall original condition with the one detractor being some minor sagging and bag marks in the varnish from the rod being exposed to a little more humidity than normal

He built all of his own rod making equipment

" A superior copy of Middleton's lyrical first book about his living with his grandfather and an old Indian in the Ozarks and learning the ways of old anglers and wise men

It also comes with a second spool

For sale here is a vintage Perrine fly box with 22 mint condition double hook salmon flies

The script remains clean and bold and reads:

3 fly reel in near mint condition

The Ferrule fits are good and the rod is pin straight

gilt edges