The reel was given to me by a friend when we visited Colorado last summer. I was taking his son with me for a day on the S. Platte and they got out the grandfather’s flyfishing gear. He had two Hardy’s, this one and a newer Hardy lightweight. I commented that the old reel was beautiful and he handed it to me and told me to keep it. It hadn’t been used in years.
There is a chip of metal missing off the frame on the handle side of the reel, but, it still works, just needs a little TLC and I’ll be putting it to use.