RARE SEAMASTER MK 4 PILLAR TARPON SALMON SPEY FLY REEL

ONE OF THE RAREST SEAMASTERS MODELS EVER MADE THE MARK 4 PILLAR MODEL, GOLD AND BLACK, RIGHT HAND WIND , DIRECT DRIVE,WITH THE BEAUTIFUL 24 KT. GOLD FINISH WITH IT'S ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHER  POUCH.THIS WAS THE LARGEST IN THE SET OF THE MARK SERIES. HE ALSO DID A MARK 1,2,3,3W, AS WELL  THE NUMBER 4. CAPTAINS AND ANGLERS A LIKE HAD TO BUG CAPT. MAC. FOR YEARS TO MAKE A DIRECT DRIVE REEL AS HE WAS DOING SO WELL SELLING HIS ANTI- REVERSES WHICH WERE THE FIRST OF THERE KIND TO LAND LARGE 100 TO 150 LBS. TARPON. THE FIRST STRIPED  MARLIN WAS LANDED BY DOC ROBINSON ON AN ANTI REVERSE "S" HANDLE AND CAPTAIN MAC. HAD SUCH A LOYAL CULT FOLLOWING OF FRIENDS, CAPTAINS, AND ANGLERS HIS WAITING LIST WAS LEGENDARY, AND IF HE DIDN'T LIKE YOU , NO AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS  EVER GOING TO GET YOU ONE. ALL OF THE FIRST WORLD RECORDS WERE LANDED ON THE SEAMASTER FLY REEL. MANY OF THE FIRST FLY ROD FISHING CONTEST SUCH AS THE GOLD CUP WERE WON BY ANGLERS LIKE BILLY PATE ON THE SEAMASTER FLY REEL. I HAVE INCLUDED PHOTOS FROM ONE OF CAPTAIN McCHRISTIAN'S CATALOGUES THAT PRETTY MUCH TELLS THE STORY OF THESE GREAT FLY REELS. PICTURED ARE PHOTOS OF A YOUNG  FLIP PALLOT,AND  AL PFLUEGER JR. ,DR WEBSTER ROBINSON,GEORGE HOMMELL AND MAC MILLER . THIS YOUR CHANCE TO GET A CHANCE OF ANGLING HISTORY, A GREAT INVESTMENT, ONE THAT WILL ONLY GROW WITH AGE. THIS REEL IS A 9 AND 1/2 ON A SCALE OF 10,THE FRONT FACE , REEL FOOT, ARE MINT THERE ARE NO MAJOR SCRATCHES ON THE BACK IT IS 98 OR 99% MINT JUST A LITTLE BOAT RASH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIMS EDGE . THE BLACK SPOOL IS MINT INSIDE THIS REEL HAS BEEN USED BUT BY THE LOOK OF IT WITH LOVING CARE.THE BLACK DRAG KNOB IS PERFECT AND ALSO JET BLACK. THIS IS A WONDERFUL REEL AND A GREAT REEL FOR FISHING AND WILL KEEP UP WITH ANY FISH. I LANDED A 175 LBS. BLACK MARLIN IN AUSTRALIA ON ONE OF THESE REELS. PLEASE CHECK OUR OTHER LISTINGS AND OUR WEBSITE BY ADDING www. to our listing name and .com after to see our private collection of reels not for sale.,THE CATALOGUE COULD BE COPIED IF THE LUCKY BUYER WOULD LIKE ME TO DO SO.THE LAST PHOTOS ARE FROM OUTDOOR LIFE MAGAZINE AND THEIR STORY ON CAPTAIN MAC  BUT I RAN OUT OF ROOM SO I COULD NOT PUT THEIR PICTURES IN, BUT THE OTHER 2 ARE FROM SPORTING CLASSICS AND FLORIDA SPORTSMAN'S STORIES ON CAPT. MAC., THE PILLAR VERSION IS THE RAREST OF HIS REELS.  ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE EMAILING ME YOUR NUMBER AND I WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.THANK YOU, AND GOOD LUCK!!