Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 7 Weight Comes with its original Walker

Comes with its original Walker reel case and pouch

Classic P&M red witness marks on the ferrule shoulder

The fighting butt is 5" in length and made of cork with minimal soiling

having been used very sparingly

Leonard Mills Model 44 Raised Pillar Fly Reel 7 Weight Comes with its original WalkerFor sale here is a late era Leonard Mills Model 44 raised pillar fly reel. This is a post Julius Vom Hofe era reel, probably made in the early 1960s (I have the 1961 Wm Mills catalog and this reel appears in it). Frame and spool are made of duralumin and the side plates are made of hard rubber. The Model 44 is seen much less often than the slightly larger Model 50. The clicker works great, is of medium strength and the directional winding bias is