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Serial #8550-9676
I can find no sign that this reel has ever been fished
The seat is beautifully engraved by Paulo Barbetti featuring the serial number as well as maker seated in a leaf pattern
Marked with a "2" throughout
The rod has a distinct swell a bit larger than the typical Leonard but smaller than a T&T
Maurice Noel M506 Fly Reel 6'4" Serial #8550-9676An exceedingly scarce Maurice Noel M506 fly reel, 3 7 8" diameter and set up for RHW. Mr. Noel made this reel around 1995, and only five of them were ever made. It boasts an interesting and inventive drag adjustment mechanism, whereby the drag pressure is altered via a crossbar that sits near the reel foot. Slide the crossbar toward the foot to reduce the drag, slide it away to reduce the pressure. I can't recall seeing another mechanism like it,
