JB Moscrop Patent Manchester Reel 5" with leather case 8'1" Serial #1491 from the early

Serial #1491 from the early 1970s

Mechanically it's in excellent condition as one would expect of a Bogdan salmon reel

Don't miss out on this one as there aren't many of these Gladstone's floating around on the secondary market

15 oz which includes the old silk line on the spool

JB Moscrop Patent Manchester Reel 5" with leather case 8'1" Serial #1491 from the earlyFor sale here is an all brass JB Moscrop Manchester fly reel in leather D block case. 5" diameter. One of the more scarce British reels patented by John Moscrop in 1888 and again in 1891, Moscrop's fellow Manchester Angling Society members dubbed it the "Manchester Reel". It's a one piece frame construction and the whole reel is made of brass. It has a horn handle and is marked on backplate "J. B. Moscrop's Patent, Manchester" and on the bottom of the