Hardy Wide Spool Perfect 4 1/4”An updated Hardy Perfect that does not sacrifice the time honored hundred forty year history of one the finest fly reels ever made. The new Perfect features a wider spool for better capacity, a time proven check system, and that classic Perfect sound. Ever since Forster Hardy was first granted a full patent for the Perfect reel design in 1889, our engineers, developers and consultants have been constantly striving for ways to improve on perfection,