Maurice Noel TD #100 Trout Reel 2 3/4" LHW

Maurice Noel TD #100 Trout Reel 2 3/4" LHWAn excellent Maurice Noel TD #100 fly reel, set up for LHW. This is the 2 3 4" model with a 3 4" spool width, 1 1 2" OD from rim to rim. Lightly used with some very minor rim rash and a few light scratches on the reel foot. The backing is still on the spool. It weighs 6 ounces and has capacity for a #4 line with 40 yards of backing. The spool is machined from aluminum, while the rims, pillars, reel foot, and S handle are machined from pure titanium.

De luxe issue

darkly tempered cane with chestnut brown silks and fine black tipping

the spool could be made to rotate in the opposite direction

For sale here is a very nice example of an early Hardy Perfect 3 3/8" trout reel

This was also one of the late Marty Keane's favorite Leonard rods

The ferrules are size 24/64 and 15/64 with a nice tight fit

adding a multitude of newer models

Chestnut silks with black and white tipping at the winding check and male ferrules

Set up for right hand retrieve but can be changed to left

this contracted reel has an adjustable click check

While not a first-rate collectable this reel is certainly an ideal fisher

Marked D5 inside with a 5 on the foot