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Stamped "William Mills & Son N
Aluminum button butt cap
Ferrule plugs are included
Serial number C438
There is a very slight difference in the lengths of the two tips (approx
JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 8'7" Stamped "William Mills & SonYoungs No. 3 Fly Reel, possibly unique. Red agate, silent check, 2 7 8 diameter, original box, mint condition. Elwyn (Rupe) Atwood, author of the excellent Medlar Press book J. W. Young, A century of the art of making fishing reels states ~ I am pretty sure it dates from the 1930s, at a time when Youngs identified their reels by patterns number only. In my opinion, your reel is a Pattern number 3. As there are several missing numbers in all my