Edward Vom Hofe early Model 423 Fly Reel - Size 5/0 EF Payne Rod Company Bright nickel silver cap and

Bright nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a mortised butternut spacer

and quite smooth with a 7 line

Small seam (closed) showing at the keeper wrap

A handsome Bellinger-Saracione 3 1/4" reel in RHW (convertible) with a narrow spool and in mint condition

Left hand retrieve

Edward Vom Hofe early Model 423 Fly Reel - Size 5/0 EF Payne Rod Company Bright nickel silver cap andFor sale here is a very rare first model Edward Vom Hofe Model 423 fly reel (before it was called the Restigouche model, which was coined circa 1911). In this time period, the model was referred to as the "Celebrated Salmon and Grilse Click Reel". In the late 1800s this size (4 3 8" diameter) was designated as 5 0 (became size 6 0 circa 1911). The reel is in excellent original condition with two small cracks in the hard rubber, one by the foot pillar