Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 7'10" A must-have for any bamboo

A must-have for any bamboo rod user or collector

Original five-compartment bag and original labeled tube

There is a little bit of patina here and there as well as a line on it

Darkly flamed with 2x2 node spacing

Made by legendary Hardy reelmaker

Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 7'10" A must-have for any bambooFor sale here is a late era Leonard Mills Model 44 raised pillar fly reel. This is a post Julius Vom Hofe era reel, probably made in the early 1960s (I have the 1961 Wm Mills catalog and this reel appears in it). Frame and spool are made of duralumin and the side plates are made of hard rubber. The Model 44 is seen much less often than the slightly larger Model 50. The clicker works great, is of medium strength and the directional winding bias is