Dingley 4" Perfect Fly Reel - Westley Richards 5 Weight The cap and ring reel

The cap and ring reel seat is made entirely of nickel silver

There are slight fishing sets in both tips

so the reel can be fished right or left hand retrieve with adequate tension

Cap and ring reel seat with mortised cork spacer

Blued nickel silver up-locking reel seat over a beautiful mortised burlwood spacer

Dingley 4" Perfect Fly Reel - Westley Richards 5 Weight The cap and ring reelFor sale here is a Dingley 4" Perfect style fly reel made for retailer Westley Richards. Stamped D1 and 1 throughout. Stamped on winding plate "Westley Richards and Co Ltd Birmingham". This excellent+ condition reel is RHW and comes with a nice and strong check with spare spring pawl from the 1930's. Ball bearing race on the winding plate. Knurled tensioner works perfectly. Copper line guide. Gear teeth and pawls are still very sharp. Un filed