Hardy Zenith Fly Reel - rare first model 7'7" cardboard reel box - 4

cardboard reel box - 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" x 2 1/2"

its hardware is upgraded with a smartly blued and hand-engraved nickel-silver sliding reel seat band which embellishes the Wes Jordan-model rods

9934 from the very early 1970s

but the rod is definitely fishable as is

Hardy Zenith Fly Reel - rare first model 7'7" cardboard reel box - 4For sale here is a Hardy Zenith wide drum reel. LHW or RHW. Good overall condition cosmetically and excellent condition mechanically. The Zenith was part of Hardy's Lightweight Series of reels. This was one of two wide drum Lightweight models made in the early to late 1960s, the Husky being the other. Both were 3 3 8" diameter. Spool width 1 3 16". The reel weighs 6 3 4 oz. Original ribbed alloy foot is unmolested. This is the rare first model with