Recently
purchased a 7'6" T&T heirloom and I am looking for a reel to balance it out. Any suggestions?

Really nice purchase. That rod is one of my favorite rods.
A 3.0 oz (empty) reel will balance it 1” above the grip.

Thanks for the info, I have a Young Pridex, but I am thinking about upgrading buying a Hardy Lightweight that found for sale online. 250 for the reel/case and 3 spools. Do not really need the spools but they are a package deal .

At one time, there was a single reel called “The Lightweight” which was similar to the later LRH Lightweight in the Lightweight Series. The Hardy Lightweight SERIES came later. The Hardy “Lightweight” series went through a few changes and at one time also included the 3-3/4” St. Aiden and did and did not include the Princess depending on the era.

Specs from the most recent Lightweight “series.”

Flyweight (2/3 wt. lines) – 2-1/2” – 2.75 oz.

Featherweight (3/4 wt. lines) – 2-7/8” – 3.37 oz.

LRH “Lightweight” (4/5 wt. lines) - 3-1/8” – 3.62 oz.

That is not a Hardy website, it's a Hardy dealer and I would venture to guess if you called them, none of those reels are available.

This is the Hardy website.

The Princess has been out of production for at least 15 years and so are the rest of the Lightweight series. The Lightweights were some the first reels manufactured in Korea after Hardy moved production to Asia and that was around 2007. At that time, a Korean LRH cost just a tad less than a Alnwick built version made a year earlier.

When Hardy moved "classic reel" production back to the UK, the Perfect was the first reel reintroduced. At that time the cost was exorbitant ($800 - $1000) for all of the UK built stuff. In later years as other models were reintroduced as UK built (Bougle, Cascapedia, Marquis), suspiciously those crazy prices went away.

The bottom line is the Princess was discontinued PRIOR to that so if you find one for sale it is either NOS or used. Any Lightweight out there would either be a Korean made version (that doesn't have "Made in England" on it *) or something made prior to 2007.

* I own a UK built LRH that doesn't say "Made in England" on it and I know someone who owns one that says "Made in England" on it that was made in Korea.