Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel 7'3" These are light drag reels

These are light drag reels which operate with light tension enough to prevent line backlash

Classic Catskill cigar grip with the plastic still covering it

The "Distance Series" was designed for tournament/competition casting

Gold and purple at the winding check

Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel 7'3" These are light drag reelsFor sale here is a Philbrook & Paine Marbleized trout fly reel made in the late 1800s. Francis J. Philbrook was a "Gunsmith's Machinist" in Bangor, Maine when he assigned over his key patent related to the first American made raised pillar reel to Hiram Leonard. Philbrook and Ed Payne then went on to manufacture the reels for Leonard. This reel is stamped "H. L. Leonard Maker." on the faceplate. The stamp remains very sharp and crisp, hard to find in