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101 Irish Hardy rods and reels

Hardy fishing tackle collection

An interesting email followed by many phone conversations saw Richard, our CEO hopping on a plane to Belfast. A lifelong game fisherman had decided to part with his collection of 101 Hardy rods and reels. This was no ordinary collection, as if 101 is, these are all brand new old stock Hardy rods and reels […]

Hardy The No. 4 Overhead Palakona rod

This is a 5’ two-piece Hardy Palakona split cane spinning rod, hand-built in Alnwick in 1947. Initially I struggled to find any reference to it at all. Then by luck, in a 1951 price list, it appears in the West Country Spinning rod range but sadly with no images. Numbered 0-4 plus a Steel Centre […]