Hardy Davy Fly Reel

Hardy Davy Fly ReelAn exceedingly scarce Hardy "The Davy" Reel, with a 3 1 2" diameter and a scant 17 32" between the spool plates, making it one of their thinnest trout models. The reel weighs 5. 6 oz. This is one of the rarest of all Hardy trout reels with only 187 made during the period 1930 1939. Originally designed at the behest of Martin Davy, this model drew from the Eureka and boasted a drop latch, two handles, and was thought to have been designed for the

the serial number is written on the cork spacer and on the tips there are four "hash marks" and no serial number as is common

The smooth brass foot is 2 3/8” long with no issues

which Hardy made starting in 1911 and which was itself inspired by the well-known tournament put on by the Casting Club of France (of which Louis Bougle was a founder and at which many renowned anglers of the day competed for accuracy and distance casting)

For sale here is a very special Tom Morgan fiberglass rod

Nickel silver cap and ring over an all-cork reel seat

Mark Canfield

Truncated nickel silver ferrules and single foot guides

Brown wraps at the oxidized truncated swiss ferrules

An 8'3 2/2 for a 5 weight line

as our home is just a bit bigger than a cabin

attractively displayed in a shadow box

and some residue on the inside of the spool