Hardy St John MK2 Fly Reel with Spare Spool

Hardy St John MK2 Fly Reel with Spare SpoolA Hardy St. John fly reel with a spare spool, 3 7 8" diameter and set up for LHW (though easily reversible to RHW by flipping the pawls). MKII check. Fair used condition cosmetically with some enamel loss to the frame but mechanically sound. Both the current spool and the spare both have line stickers affixed to the outside (the sticker on the spare spool looks like it's been covered with some plastic tape). Alloy foot. Both the reel and spool come in

Unusual oxidized hardware to go along with the classic red wraps

Winston rod company

The book starts with the raw bamboo

and small tools

All of the approximately 70 flies are in excellent condition and appear to be un-fished

I can't imagine that it has been used much

Phoenix Lines are true artisan products

The assortment ranges from Catskill style dries with and without quill bodies to midges

The rod is wrapped in an orange-red color similar to the Chinese red and color preserved

they seemed to offer about as enjoyable a way to fish for salmon as one could ask for

Hoagy only made a little over 100 rods in his rod-buliding career and this one ranks up there with his finest

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