Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 1/0 7'9" male ferrules and tip-tops

male ferrules and tip-tops

Nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a mortised beautifully figured walnut spacer

The seat is void of dents or major scratches

Sliding band nickel silver reel seat

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 1/0 7'9" male ferrules and tip-topsFor sale here is an Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian salmon fly reel in the rare 1 0 size. Made in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1949. Serial number D100. This one is in excellent+++ condition and all original. The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth. Full length foot and not filed. Zwarg reels were first made in Brooklyn, before moving to St. Petersburg, FL where the bulk of his reels were made. As head of reel making for Vom Hofe, Zwarg worked