Otto Zwarg Model 400 Salmon Reel 2/0 6'4" One of the finest Ballan

One of the finest Ballan reel I've come across

The reverse half-wells grip measures 6 3/8" in length

8 filled with salmon dry flies like bombers

Wrapped in brown thread with gold trim

Otto Zwarg Model 400 Salmon Reel 2/0 6'4" One of the finest BallanA nice Otto Zwarg 400 Laurentian model salmon reel in 2 0 size. 3 3 8" diameter and set up for RHW. 11. 9 oz in weight. Serial #B106, indicating a rare circa 1947 Brooklyn made reel, and it has the Brooklyn stamp on the oil port as well (after two years of operation in Brooklyn, Zwarg moved his reelmaking operation to Florida in 1947. Zwarg, of course, had been the foreman at the Vom Hofe shop for many years). The reel is in excellent overall