To be honest, there probably aren’t that many Jubilee fishing products around. In fact, many of us will possibly go fishing to avoid the Jubilee. However, Hardy have really gone to town in order to produce something special for 2012.
The Hardy Queens Perfect Jubilee Fly Reel is not cheap – you’ll get just 1p change from £1500 – but it is a thing of beauty and is limited to just 250 pieces worldwide. It’s a collector’s fly reel, for sure, but we wouldn’t mind betting that a few of those collectors do actually take them outside and use them. That’s what Hardy reels are made for.
Below is a bit about this reel from the Sportfish website – CLICK HERE to read the full story, along with the specification. Even if you’re not interested in buying one, it makes good reading. At the time of writing, there were no reviews on the site. I wonder if we’ll see one soon?:
- Designed, developed and manufactured at Hardy Bros., Alnwick England
- Limited edition of 250 reels worldwide
- Hand assembled and inspected by Hardy Master Reelmakers
- Frame and spool from Aluminium Bar Stock 6061 series
- Red agate line guard set in a handmade nickel silver housing
- Ivorine type handle
- Wide ranging world renowned Trout Click Check system
- Based on the ‘Perfect’ 1912 check system
- Anodised ‘Diamond’ Silver hand polished finish
- Hard Black Leather ‘Made in England’ Horseshoe reel case
- Hand polished plate, frame and spool
- Special commemorative engraving on the Winding Plate
- Red agate line-guard set in a handmade nickel silver bezel
- 2 holes series/1912 hole pattern on spool
- 4 hand browned screws securing the Reel back
- Strap over tension adjusting bridge
- Check system secured in place with hand browned screws
- Hand blued tongue bridge
- Winding Plate runs on 15 ball bearings
- Avaliable in right or left hand wind – this reel is not interchangeable between LHW and RHW
- Supplied with a commemorative limited edition collectors ‘Hardy Bros’ medallion
CLICK HERE to view the Hardy Queens Perfect Jubilee Fly Reel
