Dingley Fixed Spool Reel 5'6" a Wheatley swing-leaf filled with

a Wheatley swing-leaf filled with 80 exquisite flies from this noted New Brunswick tier

The reel is 2 3/4 inches in diameter and has a spool width of 3/4 of an inch

perfection-style tip-top on the short tip

This is finely crafted vise from one of the pioneers of the modern fly-tying vise industry

Dingley Fixed Spool Reel 5'6" a Wheatley swing-leaf filled withFor sale here is a super rare Dingley fixed spool reel. This has to be the most historically desirable Dingley Fixed Spool (Spinning) reel out there. Made by the Dingley shop in 1945, this half bail arm reel was the personal property of Ernest Dingley, and subsequently inherited by his son, Dr. Raymond Dingley ~ the written and signed provenance is included with the reel. Because the Dingley shop was deemed to have "transgressed the patents for the