We are pleased to announce we have available a limited number of the stunning VR Salar Incomparable fly reels as part of our TT Classic+ collection. These are very special reels, designed and developed in Ukraine by Vladimir Rachenko, ex-Hardy designer/developer, aerospace engineer, passionate fly fisherman and CEO of VR Reels. We are always excited […]
Tag Archives: fishing reel
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Sep
Sep
That’s right vintage tackle lovers, this is in fact a Chippindale reel, not a Chippendale chair we are talking about here. The beautiful all-brass threadline spinning reel below is based on the original Model 1 Chippindale Patent 1909 reel – with differences! The original Chippindale reel as seen in this book extract below, was a […]
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Sep
Sep
When I wrote the first article on the Allcock-Stanley threadline reel a couple of weeks ago I thought I had seen them all – wrong! In a collection we are currently selling, these two ‘Stanley-esque’ threadline fishing reels turned up. Similar in size and principle to the original Stanley reels, they are amazing to look at and […]
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Sep
Sep
I’ve never seen one before, nor have most of the top collectors so we can say it is rare! Sims Improved Casting Reel, Newcastle on Tyne This came in with some other weird and wonderful reels last week and what a little beauty it is. It is 3” diameter and fitted with a spring-loaded, twisting […]
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Aug
Aug
The Allcock Stanley Threadline spinning reel, the Morris Minor of spinning reels by a true Brit. By John Stephenson. Small in stature, big in ideas, Walter Stanley was a force to be reckoned with in fishing tackle design. Around the turn of the century many new patent inventions hit the fishing reel market, c. 1900 […]