Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 8'5" with an amazing recovery speed

with an amazing recovery speed making this series of rods easy to cast without sacrificing the true feel of fiberglass

Nickel silver hexagonal check

The last guide up on one of the tips exhibits very light fraying on the edge of the upper wrap

conventional Leonard ferrules

as current retail is well above the listed price

Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 8'5" with an amazing recovery speedFor sale here is a late era Leonard Mills Model 44 raised pillar fly reel. This is a post Julius Vom Hofe era reel, probably made in the early 1960s (I have the 1961 Wm Mills catalog and this reel appears in it). Frame and spool are made of duralumin and the side plates are made of hard rubber. The Model 44 is seen much less often than the slightly larger Model 50. The clicker works great, is of medium strength and the directional winding bias is