HARDY SALMON PERFECT, 4”, PRE-WAR, ENGLAND

HARDY SALMON PERFECT, 4”, PRE-WAR, ENGLAND

Wonderful salmon Perfect with revolving line guard and duplicated Mark II check system.  Drum retaining screw, ribbed bronze foot, fat grasp, nickel-silver check tensioning screw.  This reel was sold in the US by Edward Vom Hofe, New York.  Three brass pins on the winding plate, circular writing, EVH “badge.”  Condition is fine.  The original leaded finish is largely gone, the drum retaining screw may be a replacement, and corners of the foot have been rounded.  Check is strong, bushing tight, grasp turns freely.  Ready to fish.  With a 4” diameter and a spool width of 1 3/8,” this reel has plenty of capacity for modern Spey lines.