Bill Ballan Signature Series 3 1/8" fly reel 6' Seat hardware is a nickel

Seat hardware is a nickel silver pocket cap pressed over a Payne-style aluminum acorn

A terrific brookie or cutthroat rod for those tiny blue lines on the map

The frame diameter is 3 1/2" with a spool width of ~ 1"

The maker was either US Net & Twine or the Montague City Rod Company after the merger of the two companies

Cork is very clean

Bill Ballan Signature Series 3 1/8" fly reel 6' Seat hardware is a nickelFor sale here is a Bill Ballan Signature Series 3 1 8" fly reel with original pouch. As new condition. A highly perforated reel in the style of Julius Vom Hofe. Left or right hand retrieve. 3 4" spool width. Equal tension with a fairly light drag both directions which will protect light tippets. A very attractive reel!