VR Design Fly Reel Salmo Trutta Perfection MKII 8/9Ti

VR Design Fly Reel Salmo Trutta Perfection MKII 8/9TiA nice VR Design Salmo Trutta Perfection 8 9 MKII fly reel, machined from titanium. 4" diameter with a 1" spool width and weighing approximately 14. 2 ounces. Serial No. 1. The reel is in good used condition with some basic wear to the frame edges. Right hand retrieve. This reel is made by Vladimir Rachenko from Ukraine who started designing and manufacturing fly reels and tools in the early nineties. This reel is done out of an aerospace certified

likely in Tom Maxwell's hand

two piece / two tip rod for a four weight line made by the Booboys at Sweetgrass Rods

The ferrules are 11/64 and 14/64 and the ferrule fit is excellent

There are a few minor

most of that weight is in the grip area of the rod

There is a faint amount of marking on the reel foot from having been mounted on a rod

2/1 finished by Larry Kenney's masterful hands

Fair used condition with soiling to the grip and some scratches in the cane on the butt section

Most of the Golden West reels had a serial number stamped into the hard rubber on the backplate

and cast short and sweet to a slowly sipping riser

For sale here is a Bristol Rod and Meek Reel catalog

Super Z ferrules that are polished bright