Saracione SCA Fly Reel 3 5/8" with Spare Spool [SALE PENDING]

Saracione SCA Fly Reel 3 5/8" with Spare Spool [SALE PENDING]A very nice Saracione SCA (Saracione Classic American) wide drum fly reel with a spare spool, 3 5 8" diameter and currently set up for RHW though easily convertible. Joe made these models in the mid to late 1980s, and they remain one of my favorites. They have an ingenious mechanism for removing the side plate with the click and pawl drag which allows for an easy change of retrieve direction or change of spool. This one is in excellent, lightly used

reminiscent of the golden age of bamboo

4 1/4" diameter

Garrison style hook-keeper

one has standard circles while the other boasts an oval and teardrop alternating design and slightly larger arbor (this second spool may have been added later)

according to the data sheet a “Syd Glasso favorite”

Approximately 112 Baby Hermann reels exist

with a hidden pocket cap

A nice copy of this Skues resource from the Flyfisher's Classic Library limited edition

Powerful full flexing medium action

The rod features a blank made from pre-embargo cane (1950 or earlier) tempered to a very dark browntone-like appearance

The reel and spool both have lines mounted on them

which I have only seen one or two of before (An early version from Hardy