Unmarked Gayle No. 4 Casting Reel

A custom made "top-hat" style reel with polished brass pillars, tail plate side sliding click switch consistent with the "Clark Model" Gayle reels sold through the Wilkinson catalogs and straight counter-balanced handle located at 6 o'clock on the head plate. The screw-off end caps have two bands of knurling on this Ex condition, polished finish reel with a 2 1/4" diameter and 1 1/2" wide spool. Unquestionably a Gayle made reel, unusual with no makers marks, and a foot that while slightly asymmetrical, does not appear to have been modified.