Raymond Dingley's personal Wheatley fly box with original flies

Raymond Dingley's personal Wheatley fly box with original fliesFor sale here is a one of a kind item Raymond Dingley's personal Wheatley fly box with original flies. Raymond is the grandson of the master reelmaker William Henry Dingley. This item comes with provenance details directly from Raymond, along with his signature. The fly box measures 4 3 4" x 3 1 2" and includes flies in original fly packets, ranging in dates from 1946 to 2012. For those of you unfamiliar with this legacy, I suggest you review this

The blued step-down ferrules are size 11/64 with a great fit

See the catalog photo for a further explanation of the very unique features of this reel

which uses my "payne-style acorn cap" (normally used with a screw-lock seat) with a standard sliding ring which is seated over nickel silver rails inset into the spacer

The rod weighs 1 1/4 oz

For sale here is a well preserved Hendryx baitcasting reel

For sale here is a hard to find salmon reel made by Maurice Noel of Canada

The Winston catalog describes the "Leetle Feller" as follows:

Adjustable silent check

Ferrules are size 15/64 and 9/64

I met the late Joe Garman up in Canada one autumn and handed it to him to test (Joe was a discriminating bamboo enthusiast as many know)

For sale here is a very scarce first model H

0mm on the Zefer