JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Bright aluminum up-locking reel seat

Bright aluminum up-locking reel seat over a Spanish cedar spacer

Art certainly fished the rod extensively as is evident in the photos

bag and tube (made by Per) with red cloth rod tube protector

The reel is in near mint condition with only the slightest of handling marks

JW Young Pattern No. 3 Fly Reel - possibly one of its kind! 3 Weight Bright aluminum up-locking reel seatYoungs No. 3 Fly Reel, possibly unique. Red agate, silent check, 2 7 8 diameter, original box, mint condition. Elwyn (Rupe) Atwood, author of the excellent Medlar Press book J. W. Young, A century of the art of making fishing reels states ~ I am pretty sure it dates from the 1930s, at a time when Youngs identified their reels by patterns number only. In my opinion, your reel is a Pattern number 3. As there are several missing numbers in all my