Hardy Special Perfect Fly Reel

Hardy Special Perfect Fly ReelFor sale here is a Hardy Special Perfect fly reel. It features Hardy's Duplicated MKII check and ebonite handle which has aged to a very pleasing brown color. The reel is in excellent overall condition with no problematic wobble or end play. It has its full length unblemished ribbed brass reel foot. The diameter of all of the Special Perfects is 3 1 4". The reel weighs 7 oz. The spool width is precisely 1". The reel foot is 2 3 8" in length. Don't

I bought this rod years ago from an auction house that described the rod as a "LEON HANSON" rod

the smaller sizes of the series rarely come to market

Ferrules are size 10/64 and 16/64

The most stunningly lovely large size bamboo rod tube (we often see tip tubes like this but never see full rod tubes) with a handsome brass top and collar that are elegantly ornamented with a few trim marks and a raised coin edge knurl

Payne Rod Company from the Walt Carpenter era - late 1970s

For sale here is a Hardy Bougle Agate Lightweight I fly reel in mint condition

Original and excellent plus overall condition

Mechanically excellent as one would expect from a Bogdan reel

Brown cloth with black spine titles

Dual aluminum ring reel seat over a mortised cork spacer

All sections are full length with a slight set in the replacement tip

The long length lends itself well to mending and perfect drifts through tricky seams