Orvis CFO III Limited Edition fly reel - 1977/1978 2-piece Chestnut-brown colored blank

Chestnut-brown colored blank

All screw heads are in fine condition with a few showing slight marks

With this sale comes slightly redacted provenance documents and photo files (to be sent via email) that document their relationship

The Sweetgrass logo is embossed in the tube cap

The 814-3 achieves a continuity of action by the manipulation of the dimensions both in the rod taper and hollow cutting in the portions of the rod that transition from bamboo to the ferrule

Orvis CFO III Limited Edition fly reel - 1977/1978 2-piece Chestnut-brown colored blankFor sale here is a Orvis CFO III Limited Edition fly reel, machined out of solid bar stock aluminum. The reel appeared in the 1977 and 1978 catalogs along with Limited Edition Orvis Classic Fly Rod with mahogany presentation chest, This limited edition model was limited to 300 reels, each numbered. The reel offered here is #256. The reel was actually priced separately in the 1978 catalog as the "Limited Edition Charles F. Orvis Reel..$95. 00", but