Wes Drain Steelhead reel - extremely scarce! 1-Piece a hallmark of Pezon ferrules

a hallmark of Pezon ferrules

Bright nickel silver cap and ring reel seat with a mortised butternut spacer

The ferrules feature gray wraps with a maroon spiral pattern within

Bright u-shaped hook-keeper

Minor handling marks but no inner evidence of having been fished

Wes Drain Steelhead reel - extremely scarce! 1-Piece a hallmark of Pezon ferrulesFor sale here is a very scarce Wes Drain Steelhead reel, one of 7 8 reels made with the aid of Boeing engineers machinists and their facilities in Washington State. Drain was a well known and very accomplished fisherman, holding a 20+ year record for the largest steelhead landed in the State of Washington, caught on the Skagit River on a self made fly pattern now known as the "Drain's 20", named after the 20+lb steelhead that set the record. Flies