Hi everyone, I have a older hardy fly rod & reel in excellent shape. The reel is still in original box and the rod still has original plastic on cork handle. Any information I can find would be great and maybe a value on the rod and reel. I can take better pictures if need be .

Thanks

Sorry I though I added the picture, the rod is 7 1/2 feet and is a two piece rod

The rod is a really nice light trout rod: they were once referred to as "brook rods", as if they were not "proper" rods for chalkstreams (which, as Hardy's customers at that time knew, were 8ft or 9ft 6-7 weights)!

That length/weight is significantly less common than the majority of JETs (and the later Fibalites) that were sold, so tends to sell quite well, certainly here in the UK.

I cannot be as positive about the reel: I had one of those, and it was Hardy's entry-level product. Enough said...

It will, however, balance the rod very well.

A desirable glass rod - probably built in the rod factory that Joe Fisher shipped from California to Alnwick - and a decent matching reel - great combo - thanks for adding the photos.

I don’t know much about it, but it looks like a really nice rod.

Yes, that's a neat combo. It has the color of a Fisher rod made for Hardy. The photos dont show the ferrule clearly but I think I can see that it is spigot ferruled, which would also suggest Fisher. Their light trout fiberglass rods made for Hardy, Scientific Angler and others (under 8', #4 or #5) are highly regarded. The real is perfectly adequate for that rod and the type of fishing to be done with it. No reason not to use that reel in my opinion but definitely save the box.

Yes. I gotta say, that is a fine outfit. It won't send a kid to college, but it will never owe you anything either. In terms of fishing and the estimated values mentioned, it will be worth much more than many new outfits that cost three or four times as much.