Hardy Perfect Wide Drum Salmon Reel 3 1/4" Two Handed Fly Rod deep red silks with gold

deep red silks with gold decorative edges

A good solid user reel from an under-rated maker

The box measures 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 1 1/4"

The face of the oil port cover also seems to have been lightly sanded or filed

The female ferrule and one tip ferrule show evidence of the use of pliers resulting in galling of the nickel silver ferrules

Hardy Perfect Wide Drum Salmon Reel 3 1/4" Two Handed Fly Rod deep red silks with goldA nice Hardy Wide Drum Perfect fly reel, 3 1 4" diameter and set up for RHW. Earlier leaded finish model. The reel has seen honest use with cosmetic wear throughout but no major defects that I could find. Somewhere along the way someone scratched their initials into the winding plates, a small set close to the spindle, and then a slightly larger set further toward the edge (the second is a little fainter and almost looks more like light scratching