Philbrook and Paine Marbleized Salmon Fly Reel 6'9" U-shaped hook-keeper

U-shaped hook-keeper

For sale here is a 2 7/8" Winston Perfect in excellent used condition with original reel pouch

and loaner rods for the Winston Rod Company

The rod weighs a mere 1

This reel is part of a limited edition series of only 1000 reels made to celebrate The House of Hardy's 125th Anniversary

Philbrook and Paine Marbleized Salmon Fly Reel 6'9" U-shaped hook-keeperFor sale here is a Philbrook and Paine marbleized salmon fly reel made circa 1880. 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 bears the faceplate stamp "H. L. Leonard Maker." I've been told that fifteen to twenty of the P&P marbleized