Wes Drain Steelhead Reel - extremely scarce! 2 Weight and includes the original leather/canvas

and includes the original leather/canvas reel muffin

The drag is a caliper disc construction and is as solid as they come

Varnished and wrapped in mustard gold

Nine feet in length with two sections and two tips made for a 9 weight line

Wes Drain Steelhead Reel - extremely scarce! 2 Weight and includes the original leather/canvasFor sale here is a very scarce Wes Drain Steelhead reel, one of 7 8 reels made with the aid of Boeing engineers machinists and their facilities in Washington State. This one was made for Drain's close friend and fishing companion, John Thompson. Drain was a well known and very accomplished fisherman, holding a 20+ year record for the largest steelhead landed in the State of Washington, caught on the Skagit River on a self made fly pattern now known as