JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Bright aluminum up-locking reel seat

Bright aluminum up-locking reel seat over a Spanish cedar spacer

The reel is in near mint condition with only the slightest of handling marks

For sale here is a nice shadowbox frame consisting of six Catskill pattern flies tied by Eric Leiser

bag and tube (made by Per) with red cloth rod tube protector

Joe Jonas is an award-winning duck carver and has been at the craft for more than 30 years

JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Bright aluminum up-locking reel seatYoungs No. 3 Fly Reel, possibly unique. Red agate, silent check, 2 7 8 diameter, original box, mint condition. Elwyn (Rupe) Atwood, author of the excellent Medlar Press book J. W. Young, A century of the art of making fishing reels states ~ I am pretty sure it dates from the 1930s, at a time when Youngs identified their reels by patterns number only. In my opinion, your reel is a Pattern number 3. As there are several missing numbers in all my