Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 9' Down-locking reel seat over a

Down-locking reel seat over a butternut spacer with a nickel silver butt cap

Serial number is #2125

Slight marks on the spacer

Stamped "JS" for maker Jimmy Smith

The foot placement

Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 9' Down-locking reel seat over aFor sale here is a fantastic example of a classic Thompson No. 500 fly reel made in California in the late 1940's. Diameter is 3 3 8". Similar in style and performance to the classic Hardy Perfect. The reel is in excellent condition with the majority of its wonderful black finish remaining. Circular line guard and full length smooth brass reel foot. Light marks around the crank handle which is very normal. The No. 500 was built to handle 6 7 8 weight