Edward Vom Hofe Model 423 Restigouche 4/0 Fly Reel 7'9" A Sweetgrass penta fly rod

A Sweetgrass penta fly rod

Incoming click and outgoing cork disc drag

No hand soiling to the 5 1/2" 11 cork cigar grip

John - "Hardy Brothers - The Masters The Men And Their Reels"

One of the first things I checked on this rod was the reel seat spacer -- made of tiger stripe maple -- whose amber color came from a heat-treating process and which marks it as one of the rods that I worked on myself at Leonard fairly early in my rodmaking career

Edward Vom Hofe Model 423 Restigouche 4/0 Fly Reel 7'9" A Sweetgrass penta fly rodFor sale here is an Edward Vom Hofe Model 423 "Restigouche" Salmon fly reel in excellent+ overall condition. Size 4 0 3 7 8" diameter with a width of 1 11 16". This reel carries the '83 patent date on the oil cap. German silver safety bands and pair of roller bars. The reel has a strong adjustable drag with the seven detent arrowhead pointer with red dot indicators. The reel foot is full length, unaltered, and has the model and size stamp along with