Hardy Fly Reservoir

This wonderful piece is very rare - called the Hardy Unique Salmon Fly Reservoir . This is unbranded as it is an early one made by Maddoch's of Perth for Hardy's. The cabinet exterior is simple in design and this is truly part of its overall beauty and function. The fall-style door is made of solid mahogany (a tropical hardwood) as is the entire cabinet. The door is made of three pieces, two one-inch side bands and a centre portion which houses the solid brass locking unit. The door is secured to the main box with two six-screw hinges. There are ten drawers each with a tiny grained ivory button or “bun” button to pull open each fly tray. The two ivorine/ivory fly name plates on each drawer are fastened into position with two perfectly lined up flush-mounted brass screws. (40 screws in total, all in the same position) The cabinet exterior excluding the door consists of five mahogany slabs, each 1/3 inch thick. These slabs are finely dove-tailed and fastened with two tiny counter-sunk brass screws on each side panel. The top deck has a beautifully recessed brass carrying handle attached with three counter-sunk screws. The nickel silver fly clips are secured to very slim wood drawers with tiny domed brass screws. This cabinet holds 326 flies in total. Total box dimensions are 10.1/8 ins X 9 3/4 ins. X 6 3/4 ins. and the wood is fully seasoned Tahitian Mahogany. Box weight is 7 lbs. 4 oz.