Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 4/0

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian Fly Reel - Size 4/0For sale here is an Otto Zwarg Model 400 Laurentian salmon fly reel in the 4 0 size. Made in St. Petersburg. Serial number G 9. This one is in excellent++ condition and all original. Zwarg reels were first made in Brooklyn, before moving to St. Petersburg, FL where the bulk of his reels were made. As head of reel making for vom Hofe, Zwarg worked with the world class fisherman who followed him when he was granted the right to make the vom Hofe style

Hand crafted by Glenn and the BooBoys in Twin Bridges

UK) from 1972-73

"The drag incorporates a separate brake shoe for tension and pawl for click

The winding check and male ferrule wraps are oxblood

Colson kindly donated this rod to the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum

3 on the foot and there are three dots on the cog

Spare spool

Comes with an extremely nice leather case

down locking slide band reel seat with Maple burl wood spacer

Red accents on the raw alloy body

Left hand wind bias

later traded the rod for a violin that he actually would put to good use)