Dingley Fly Reel 3 3/4" Wide Drum Perfect fly reel 2-Piece Unfiled reel foot and nice

Unfiled reel foot and nice horn handle that spins freely

Here's their description of this particular model:

LHW or RHW

collecting and/or restoring bamboo rods

but in general I would not classify the varnish as "too soft"

Dingley Fly Reel 3 3/4" Wide Drum Perfect fly reel 2-Piece Unfiled reel foot and niceFor sale here is a very nice wide drum Dingley 3 3 4" fly reel made for Malloch of Perth (similar in style to a Hardy Perfect). Stamped 15 throughout. This reel resembles the post war Dingley shop, or maybe later Walker Bampton era. This RHW reel is in excellent+ condition and comes with a nice and strong dual pawl spring check. Tensioner works perfectly. Gear teeth and pawls still very sharp. Un filed original smooth brass reel foot with two screws.