Dry Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice - Halford 7'9" The reel weighs 19 3/8

The reel weighs 19 3/8 oz

A cool feature of this reel is the drag adjustment knob doesn't spin with the handle on the outgoing rotation

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat with a fine varnished walnut spacer

Reel seat is German silver/Argentine slide band over a very nice walnut spacer

but it appears all of the cane is still present

Dry Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice - Halford 7'9" The reel weighs 19 3/81899 3rd Revised Edition very good condition. Vinton and Co, 354 pages, 18 plates 4 in color, 3 being of flies, plain plates, text illustrations, contents very clean, original brown cloth gilt. covers show age use but a very good copy, spine ends and both cover corners bumped