Last edited by Skyler76; 04-18-2022 at 01:43 PM.
Call Jim Adams of Adams Angling. Jim’s a great man and has seen many of these. You could email pics to him. Beautiful reel by the way!!
http://www.adamsanglingbooks.com/
Bill Archuleta's Reel Works can fix up your old fly reels too.
He is now in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
https://www.archuletasreelworks.com/
That reel should be worth a lot of money.
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Sebastian, Florida 32958
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I saw you posted it on SpeyPages as well, there are lots of Hardy experts that that can better value that than I can. It is in incredible shape, is it really a pre-war Perfect? Looks like it’s got the ribbed brass foot, but the rest is so pristine that it almost makes it seem like a reproduction. Beautiful reel either way, and out of my explaining-it-to-my-wife range.
Absolutely not a repro (unless it was repro'd a long long time ago). There's family history to it and others. It's been sitting in an attic for 30-40 years with a bunch of gear, wrapped in paper in a tea chest believe it or not. It was my fathers and he doesn't know where it came from but that's not saying much. He's got quite a few Hardys which he gave to me, I'm only interested in the one's he's used. The proceeds of the rest are going towards a Safari we're taking together.
Oh, I’m not suggesting it’s a reproduction. Just that the condition is stunning for one that age. Good luck with it - I would think it should fetch four figures easily.
Where is you "Safari" taking place?
Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
Certified FFF Casting Instructor
Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
Cell: 530/753-5267
Web: www.billkiene.com
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______________________________________
That is as pristine a perfect as I've seen in a long time- GLWS.
Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
Certified FFF Casting Instructor
Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
Cell: 530/753-5267
Web: www.billkiene.com
Contact me for any reason........
______________________________________
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