JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Comes with the original Payne

Comes with the original Payne rod tube and red label (which is in pristine condition) and the original tan canvas rod tube cover with fighting butt side compartment

Bright aluminum up-locking reel seat over a Spanish cedar spacer

Clicker is nice and strong the reel is in good working condition

For sale here is a rarely seen catalog by H

8 feet in length

JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Comes with the original PayneYoungs No. 3 Fly Reel, possibly unique. Red agate, silent check, 2 7 8 diameter, original box, mint condition. Elwyn (Rupe) Atwood, author of the excellent Medlar Press book J. W. Young, A century of the art of making fishing reels states ~ I am pretty sure it dates from the 1930s, at a time when Youngs identified their reels by patterns number only. In my opinion, your reel is a Pattern number 3. As there are several missing numbers in all my