Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 4/0 9'9" noted tier and co-author of

noted tier and co-author of the classic book Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies as well as the famous Thunder Creek patterns

A rare Payne 13' two-handed salmon rod

Gradually swelled butt

Nickel silver check

1 1/8" spool width

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 4/0 9'9" noted tier and co-author ofFor sale here is an Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian salmon fly reel in size 4 0. Multiplier. Made in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1954. Serial number I89. This one is in excellent+++ condition and all original. The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth. The foot may have been shaped slightly on both ends. Zwarg reels were first made in Brooklyn, before moving to St. Petersburg, FL where the bulk of his reels were made. As head of reel making for Vom