VR Design Salar Incomparabile Reel 3 5/8" 9'6" Wraps are clear with brown

Wraps are clear with brown edges

Aluminum cap and ring over all-cork reel seat

though it was done quite skillfully as the thread matches the others exactly

The medium cigar grip is 5" long and has a lot of hand soiling (this is strangely incongruent with the light use that the rest of the rod evidences)

he resided in Maine and his approach to the craft of reelmaking was superb with a high degree of machining skill that he carefully honed over 35 years

VR Design Salar Incomparabile Reel 3 5/8" 9'6" Wraps are clear with brownA very nice VR Design (Vladimir Rachenko) Salar Incomparabile raised pillar fly reel, 3 5 8" diameter and set up for LHW. Mint condition. Gunsmoke aluminum frame and spool with a brass foot. Raised pillar design, this is the "Standard" version of this model with double pillars on the top of the frame and single pillars on each side. Two medallions set into the front plate are engraved, the first with the maker and serial number "228", and the second