Hardy Princess Lightweight-Series Fly Reel

Hardy Princess Lightweight-Series Fly ReelFor sale here is a Hardy Princess fly reel in excellent used condition. Two screw lineguard easily reversed as are the pawls for RHW or LHW use. Comes with its blue Hardy zippered case. Diameter 3 1 2". Weight 4. 5 oz. The Princess reels hold up to a DT7+50, or DT6+70.

8' 3-piece

forty nine weighed 4 1/8 oz

The 8' 4wt format is incredibly versatile

Some of the screws also show some marks from ill-fitting screwdrivers over the years

The stripping guide is an antique perfection

Included is the reel

the rod is certainly a 38H

Maroon bag

He built very exquisite rods and those fortunate enough to own one tend to hold on to them

The drag washers were hand lapped to make the working surfaces perfectly flat providing ultra smooth drag performance

This is a fairly hard-to-find model being a single action reel versus most of the 00 models which had a multiplying gear

3 1/4" diameter reel set up for left hand wind