Saracione Deluxe Salmon Reel 3 1/2" RHW 10 Weight The poacher's button works

The poacher's button works

this rod comes to me from a friend who suffered severe losses during the recent flooding in Vermont

I don't know anything about the origins of this pattern although it reminds me of the Green Spey

Dark brown wraps with black edges

Saracione Deluxe Salmon Reel 3 1/2" RHW 10 Weight The poacher's button worksAn excellent Saracione Deluxe Salmon reel, 3 1 2" in diameter, and set up for RHW. In used but excellent condition. These benchmade reels exhibit a very high standard of craft and are a modern homage to the classic Vom Hofe style reels. Nickel silver rims, spool, and S handle, with jet black sideplates (in what looks to me to be black anodized aluminum). There is some patina on the rims and spool, though it could easily be polished out. The sideplates