Seen on eBay - 9" Hardy Fortuna Reel

I saw this recently on eBay France - English collectors may have missed it. A massive 9" diameter Fortuna (For Tuna fishing) reel. These reels were made in the 1920s and 30s for game fishing in the North Sea when Tunny were fished off Scarborough. They were soon used all over the World wherever game fish were to be found.

Only 183 9" Fortuna reels were made from 1926 to 1939 and only 7 9" Monel metal Fortuna reels were made from 1935 to 1939.

On sale at a steep starting price of EUR 2,300.00 or approximately £2,036.14. Not sold yet (on the day of this blog post).
 
See the eBay listing here.

See Tunny fishing in Scarborough in the 1930's 

Get the book on Amazon: The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny: The British Tunny Club, Hardy Bros. Tackle and Big Game Fishing in the 1930s