Hardy Davy Fly Reel 5'6" caramel brown silks and black

caramel brown silks and black tipping

A Hardy Sunbeam 5/6 fly reel

Down-locking sliding band reel seat over a wood spacer

Set up for RHW though easily convertible

up-locking reel seat with a beautifully figured wood spacer

Hardy Davy Fly Reel 5'6" caramel brown silks and blackAn 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