Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel -- earliest and ultra scarce! 3 Weight The cork is lightly soiling

The cork is lightly soiling and while there are a few indentations in the cork from a reel foot it is in excellent condition

Beautiful hand-engraving on the nickel silver hardware

Length: 10'6 without additional handle/grip

This reel will look great and balance very well with any of your 4 or 5 weight bamboo rods

The rosette washers used on the backplate are a highly unusual feature rarely seen on a Vom Hofe fly reel

Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel -- earliest and ultra scarce! 3 Weight The cork is lightly soilingFor sale here is a Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel made circa 1877, before the patent was issued. Francis J. Philbrook was a "Gunsmith's Machinist" in Bangor, Maine when he assigned over his key patent related to the first American made raised pillar reel to Hiram Leonard. Philbrook and Ed Payne then went on to manufacture the reels for Leonard. This reel was the smallest size made that bears the faceplate stamps "Philbrook & Paine