Dingley Fly Reel 2 3/4" - Telephone Latch - Westley Richards 8'3" Red silks with black tips

Red silks with black tips

There is one very small dent in the spacer

or hook marks

this one exhibits medium fast action rather than extremely fast action

Dingley Fly Reel 2 3/4" - Telephone Latch - Westley Richards 8'3" Red silks with black tipsFor sale here is a scarce Dingley fly reel with telephone latch, made for Westley Richards 2 3 4" diameter. The frame has an area that's been dinged up a bit but this area is solid with no surrounding cracks whatsoever. Foot is full length at 2. 3" and unfiled but has a slight kink in one end, but this doesn't prevent it from fitting nicely on a rod. Ivorine handle spins freely. Stamped D4 with four dots on cog. Fixed check is adequately strong. Reel