JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Comes with the original Payne

Comes with the original Payne rod tube and red label (which is in pristine condition) and the original tan canvas rod tube cover with fighting butt side compartment

The reel is in near mint condition with only the slightest of handling marks

Joe Jonas is an award-winning duck carver and has been at the craft for more than 30 years

8 feet in length

For sale here is a nice shadowbox frame consisting of six Catskill pattern flies tied by Eric Leiser

JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Comes with the original PayneYoungs No. 3 Fly Reel, possibly unique. Red agate, silent check, 2 7 8 diameter, original box, mint condition. Elwyn (Rupe) Atwood, author of the excellent Medlar Press book J. W. Young, A century of the art of making fishing reels states ~ I am pretty sure it dates from the 1930s, at a time when Youngs identified their reels by patterns number only. In my opinion, your reel is a Pattern number 3. As there are several missing numbers in all my