Otto Zwarg Model 300 Salmon Reel 1/0 3-piece the cast aluminum butt cap

the cast aluminum butt cap has cracked most likely due to swelling cork

The ferrules retain an excellent fit

A true time capsule and rare for its short length and superb condition

The rod has been fished twice but remains in like new condition

The reel was made in 1925 and includes the original serial-numbered german silver reel foot with all of the proper markings -- full-length and unfiled

Otto Zwarg Model 300 Salmon Reel 1/0 3-piece the cast aluminum butt capA very nice Otto Zwarg 300 Saguenay model salmon reel in rare 1 0 size. 3 1 8" diameter and set up for RHW. 9. 2 oz in weight. Serial #B156, 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 very good overall