Saracione Bellinger Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 9' 100% intact

100% intact

Early style mortised swamp maple reel seat with the wooden lip up to the edge of the rear cork

noted tier and co-author of the classic book Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies as well as the famous Thunder Creek patterns

The rod originally found its way into Sparse's hands from a member of the Long Island Wyandanch Club who gave the rod to Otto Von Kienbusch

This 49-6 has honey color wraps on the guides and burgundy wraps on the ferrules

Saracione Bellinger Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 9' 100% intactThis exquisite Saracione Bellinger salmon reel is an impressive testament to the legacy of classic reelmaking. No longer in production this reel was part of a limited run of 200 produced by this famed duo. Marked as serial number 26 it runs a full 3 3 4" inches in diameter, with capacity for a DT #8. The drag is a caliper disc construction and is as solid as they come. It sports classic styling with nickel silver sidebands and black delrin end plates