Rare Malleson Multiplying Fly Reel

Marked "Patented By Fred'k Malleson - Sept. 4, 83" on the hard rubber rear cover that protects the complex gearing, this 2 1/2" diameter (measured pillar to pillar), 7/8" wide spool reel is equipped with a front mounted arrow clicker, that twitches with each turn of the counter balanced, bullet shaped grasp handle. The head plate has a dished hard rubber insert, set inside the protective rimmed, raised pillar frame. Marked Malleson reels are a rare commodity, with this nickel-plated brass and hard rubber example no exception, in VG overall condition, having spots of plating loss and gearing that binds when reeling in.