Hardy Cascapedia 4/0 Salmon Fly Reel - 1930's Original 2-piece The varnish is original and

The varnish is original and showing some signs of age

designed for dealing with big tarpon

One of the guide wraps on mid section is beginning to fray (2nd guide up from the ferrule)

wooden tube which is also four-sided and made of Tiger Maple and Walnut

Hardy Cascapedia 4/0 Salmon Fly Reel - 1930's Original 2-piece The varnish is original andFor sale here is an exceptionally rare original Hardy Cascapedia salmon fly reel made in the late 1930s. This 4 0 size reel is one of twenty six total known to have been made. The reel remains in excellent and original condition with some surface wear and fading. The drag is still very strong and smooth. These reels were made "rings up" style whereby the spool spins in the opposite direction of the handle and there is a single roller bar in the rings