If there was ever a great time to pick up a tackle bargain this, is it, but it will not last long! The UK Pound (£) has slipped in value, making the US Dollar ($) strong. Now is the time to treat yourself to a bargain whilst the market remains uncertain. The iconic Hardy Perfect, […]
Tag Archives: reels
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Dec
Dec
Often as not, when a collector comes across a lovely fly reel in a block leather case, they ask about initials or inscription on the case. To some these personalised marks devalue the case; to me they give the case life and history. Hardy, Farlow, Carter, Eaton and Deller, Malloch and so on all supplied […]
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Nov
Nov
One of the most unusual brass reels for any collector is the Fishing Gazette Winch. It was designed by R B Marston, the editor of the Fishing Gazette magazine (est. 1877), an angler and serial tackle inventor. Marston was skilled in both game and coarse angling, inventing a Patent fly in 1899 with a celluloid […]
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Sep
Sep
This is a rare early Kings Patent side-casting tournament reel, what a cracker! Patent 1905/12, that’s 1912 by Mr F King, it features a 4″ diameter mahogany wood backplate made in the Nottingham style. A very complex reel for its date and quite fragile too. It has a tapered shallow drum for distance casting perhaps with […]