Hardy Wide Spool Perfect Fly Reel 4" 9' the metal ferrules fit together

the metal ferrules fit together nicely

13 and 9 and all female ferrules come with ferrule plugs

Smooth brass foot with one side having some mild rippling to the underside but is fairly straight overall

This is a wonderful dry-fly rod by today's standards let alone the early 20th century

For sale here is an Orvis CFO III fly reel - the screwback model with three holes in the reel foot and no line guard

Hardy Wide Spool Perfect Fly Reel 4" 9' the metal ferrules fit togetherA Hardy wide spool perfect fly reel, 4" diameter, and set up for LHW. This is a contemporary model. Near mint condition. There is a tiny bit of wear to the frame edge in one spot, and the reel foot has some mounting marks, but the reel is exceptionally clean overall. There is some backing loaded on it, but it could not have been fished much. Gray powder coated finish with an alloy foot and an ivorine style handle. The serial number A66021 is stamped