Otto Zwarg Model 300 Saguenay fly reel - size 2/0 ("Z" reel)

For sale here is an exceedingly scarce Otto Zwarg "Z" reel -- Model 300 Saguenay salmon fly reel - size 2/0. Excellent original condition. This is one of the few reels with the "Z" stamped oil cap that Zwarg used between the Brooklyn stamp and St. Petersburg stamp. Serial number B11 from the 2nd year of production (1947). The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth. Full length and unmolested reel foot. Also comes with an original Zwarg leather reel case in superb condition as well.

Zwarg reels were first made in Brooklyn before moving to St. Petersburg, FL where the bulk of his reels were made. As head of reel making for Vom Hofe, Zwarg worked with the world class fisherman who followed him when he was granted the right to make the Vom Hofe style reels under his own name. Only Zwarg made his reels even tougher.