Hardy Special Perfect Fly Reel 8'5" truncated ferrules

truncated ferrules

No die stamp on the butt cap dates this rod to the late 1980's

thus he only made the one

Elegant nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a beautiful mortised walnut spacer

Hardy Special Perfect Fly Reel 8'5" truncated ferrulesFor 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