Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - rare size 6/0

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - rare size 6/0For sale here is an Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian salmon fly reel in the rare 6 0 size. Made in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1958. Serial number M103. This one is in excellent+++ condition and all original. The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth. Full length foot and not filed. It also comes with the original Zwarg supplied cardboard box that fits the reel perfectly. Zwarg reels were first made in Brooklyn, before moving to St. Petersburg, FL

This highly sought after brass pin caged reel has an early fixed caliper check and the reel's winding bias is LHW

Three-piece construction

Ceramic stripping guide

There are two hairline cracks in the tip-top agate and one partial crack in the stripping guide agate

As with many of Paul Young's rods

drag selector and check button are finished in polished nickel silver

A rare Seamaster Mark IV fly reel

The rod features browntone cane with Chinese red wraps and black tipping using the usually thicker thread of English rods

Appears unused

By working this technique for over 30 years

Replacement tube with the original bag

The adjustable drag works as intended