Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 9' Nice and strong medium fast

Nice and strong medium fast to fast action

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

This photo comes from his book

Slight marks on the spacer

One tip has a slight fishing set

Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 9' Nice and strong medium fastFor 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