Dr Paul Hermann Salmon Fly Reel - LHW Mint EF Payne Rod Company "39DF-#5" inked on guide flat

"39DF-#5" inked on guide flat

Cigar/western style grip is comfortable in the hand

The nut has 2 heavy knurls running in opposite directions and has a smooth turning core of Delrin to ensure no binding conditions occur

An unusually rare Leonard "Parabolic"

7' 4wt 5 pc

Dr Paul Hermann Salmon Fly Reel - LHW Mint EF Payne Rod Company "39DF-#5" inked on guide flatFor sale here is a Dr. Paul Hermann Salmon fly reel. This one is left hand retrieve. Mint condition. Simply another amazing piece of work by Dr. Hermann. If you ever have a chance to own one of these reels, you are very lucky. Dr. Hermann only made a little over 200 of these salmon models, a little over 100 Baby Hermanns, ~20 Large Trout Models and much fewer of the remaining two models, the Dry Fly Salmon and the Sea Trout. This reel is serial number