Farlow Perfect 4 1/4" fly reel

Farlow Perfect 4 1/4" fly reelFor sale here is an extremely nice and solid 4 1 4 inch Farlow's Perfect style fly reel. The reel has no wobble or other mechanical issues. Nice and tight spring and the tensioner works perfectly throughout its range. The smooth brass foot has been neatly filed to fit on more modern rods. The nicely aged and flaw free handle spins freely. The spool screw could be a replacement, I'm not certain of this though. The reel weighs 15 1 2 oz. The spool width

The Leonard cartouche is stamped with "The Leonard Rod

and my handmade black-anodized uplocking screw lock (I don't want to go into how much time it took to make these on my tiny Pratt & Whitney lathe back then

8 fly reel in near mint condition

The rod received a touch up from Orvis in 2014 including rebluing the ferrules and sanding of the grip

diameter 2 7/8"

probably from spending its time in a high humidity environment

Serial # I/Y

reproduced from The Fishing Gazette

A western grip

It doesn't get much better

Un-filed original smooth brass reel foot with two screws measures 2

From the 1950's I believe