Farlow 3" Perfect fly reel - with wishbone check

Farlow 3" Perfect fly reel - with wishbone checkFor sale here is a very scarce reel made by Farlow's of London a 3 inch "Aluminum" model reel Hardy Perfect style with the rarest and most attractive of check systems the wishbone, or spring check. And as an added bonus, it is adjustable! These springs are in great shape and therefore the tension remains strong when tensioner is adjusted. No spool wobble or end play. Beautiful Holdfast logo and maker info stamped on winding plate. Serial number

Sharpe The "Aberdeen" 14' 3/1 10wt bamboo rod

Medium cigar grip and nice all cork grip

or hard rubber

Good condition but could use a restoration

You can find a similar McMonies creel on Page 81 of the book "The Art of the Creel"

It has a yellow 8 or 9wt line on it

5" diameter reel was made in Holland for the Zurich

Morticed burled walnut reel seat spacer (has some marks from use) and a western grip (slightly soiled)

There is some minor varnish roughness on a few inches of the butt section below the stripping guide (difficult to photograph)

pouch and papers

The action is quite swift on the faster side of medium-fast thanks in part to the swelled butt

and museum accession number