1722
A great Bogdan Large Trout reel, set up for LHW. 3 1/4" in diameter with a 31/32" spool width. 5.5 ounces in weight and with capacity to hold lines up to a #7 with 50 yards of 20# backing. Good used condition with some moderate rim rash on the frame edges, but little wear elsewhere. The original owner's initials "R.L.T." are engraved in block letters in the sideplate on the winding side. "R.L.T" is for Princess Raimonda Lanza di Trabia, a Bogdan fan whose picture graces the pages of Graydon Hilyard's definitive book on the Bogdans, and whose father was Raimondo Lanza di Trabia, a Sicilian nobleman and sportsman. Click and pawl fixed drag with nice pleasing click. Aluminum silver frame, spool, foot, handle, oil port cover, and Bogdan nameplate. Black anodized aluminum sideplates. Comes in the original suede leather drawstring pouch.