Hardy 1912 Perfect Salmon Fly Reel 3 1/2" 10'6" The action is just slightly

The action is just slightly on the faster side of medium-fast and quite smooth

and a long birch reel seat with blued cap and ring hardware

10 model designed to spray water

Downlocking reel seat over cork

The reel comes in the original ATH case and box

Hardy 1912 Perfect Salmon Fly Reel 3 1/2" 10'6" The action is just slightlyA rare and unique Hardy Perfect 1912 check fly reel, 3 1 2" diameter, set up for the typical right hand wind. Unusually this reel has straight pillars, a feature of earlier reels which I've never personally seen on any other 1912 models and have heard of only a few. Curiously the stamp on the inside of the winding plate is "GT" (Gordon Talbot) whose tenure dates to 19291939 (according to John Drewett's reference) well into the period during which