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Smooth brass foot is 2 3/4” long with no issues
Serial number O267 dating the reel to 1922
The grip has some light soiling
In separate Orvis pouches
The cane is flamed and the varnish is still flawless
JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 9'2" Smooth brass foot is 2Youngs 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
