Our recent purchase of over 550 cane fishing rods brought to mind a question I’m constantly asked: “What is the action like?” It’s often difficult to give a definitive subjective answer. However, browsing through a 1960 Allcock’s Anglers catalogue, I happened upon this page. They clearly felt the need to give a basic explanation relating […]
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Aug
Aug
Hay on Wye is that charming town straddling the river and the England/Wales boundary. We all know it for its annual Festival and of course, as the town of books. “King” Richard Booth began selling second-hand tomes half a century ago, and the rest is history. TT Travels led us there a short while back, […]
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Aug
Aug
If you are over forty-odd, you just might! Look hard and think back some thirty years. Who would be using a ‘pin back then, and a ‘pin you might have seen somewhere for yourself? And where would you have seen it? In the angling press? On TV perhaps? A ‘pin angler. On TV. Thirty years […]
09
Aug
Aug
I’ve been away for a while and haven’t seen the Wye for exactly a week. The blistering weather collapsed, and slowly salmon appeared to stop dying and barbel began to show once more. It would suddenly seem that for some the phosphate issue had gone away, and life had gone back to a blissful norm. […]
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Aug
Aug
Thomas Turner travels led to the door of legendary angling artist, Paul Cook, a short while back. Paul moved from Hertfordshire to Norfolk a few years ago, and now lives in a delightful cottage not far from the market town of Swaffham. After a coffee and meeting with the family greyhound, Paul took us into […]
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Jul
Jul
We all know that fishing is not necessarily about what we catch. We might collect PBs and fine waterside memories, but we also like to read about our sport, watch films on it, and collect tackle and other piscatorial artefacts like carvings or artwork. Perhaps artwork is especially satisfying if it is personal, if you […]
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Jul
Jul
The Wye looks so serene and pure… from a distance In the few days since TT first talked about the Passion For Clean Rivers, things have moved on, especially down on the Wye. The weekend just gone (24/25th July) saw large numbers of salmon dying in the middle reaches of this river, and barbel dead […]
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Jul
Jul
It’s never quiet at Thomas Turner, in fact, it just keeps getting busier. Today was no exception with a crack of dawn start to meet a pyrotechnics specialist on the M1 services to transact a deal. One thing I do know is that coffee isn’t getting any cheaper! A bundle of Sharpe’s rods, a couple […]
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Jul
Jul
Here at Thomas Turner we specialise in vintage and retro tackle, and pride ourselves on our knowledge of the subject. You could rightly say that tackle is our Passion, and we are always here to buy, to sell, and above all, offer advice on the gear you might just have found in your garage. All […]
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Jul
Jul
In response to R’s comments on salmonids in the heat, I find the subject critically interesting. In the event, we fished languidly, simply for visual images without any hope of hooking anything, and in that we were barely disappointed. The important consideration here is for the fish, and in that we must all be in […]