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 […]
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Hardy St George Fly Reels – notes for the collector and enthusiast Our Thomas Turner vintage tackle expert and valuer, John Stephenson, shares his thoughts with you on what he calls a “quintessentially English” fly reel… Hardy St George fly reels are one of the best loved of all Hardy vintage reels alongside the Perfect […]