Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel -- earliest and ultra scarce! 7' Straw colored cane with bright

Straw colored cane with bright red wraps and black tipping at the winding check and male ferrules

Red cloth bag with aluminum tube bearing the G

or graphite rod alike

The grip is a medium cigar

Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel -- earliest and ultra scarce! 7' Straw colored cane with brightFor sale here is a Philbrook & Paine Marbleized Trout Fly Reel made circa 1877, before the patent was issued. Francis J. Philbrook was a "Gunsmith's Machinist" in Bangor, Maine when he assigned over his key patent related to the first American made raised pillar reel to Hiram Leonard. Philbrook and Ed Payne then went on to manufacture the reels for Leonard. This reel was the smallest size made that bears the faceplate stamps "Philbrook & Paine