This is a real oddity in terms of the ring pattern and style. The Hardy Farne rod is a greenheart three section sea rod with only one ring per section. These are all free swinging brass roller rings, two are fitted to the ferrules, the tip ring is of course on the tip and all […]
Category Archives: The Thomas Turner Collector’s guide
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Apr
Apr
Launched in 1930, it was planned to be an improved version of the older and successful The Silex multiplier reel. Claims of improved use and faster retrieve set the stall for a good selling reel. Sadly this didn’t go to plan and the sales actually slowed, with production ending in 1938/9 period. The sizes ranged […]
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Mar
Mar
Over the years we are constantly asked for a classic reel which fits both modern and older rods, especially by salmon anglers. The Hardy Perfect, so called as the company considered it to be the perfect reel design, is a classic reel with many fitting and size options. The Perfect has been about since the 1890s […]
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Mar
Mar
With the original Hardy The Silex reels becoming more expensive and a little fragile too. The Silex of the 1980s is the perfect way to have the best of both worlds. On a regular basis we are asked for reasonably priced drum style casting reels to fish on a variety of cane rods. The simplicity […]
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Feb
Feb
Hardy Bros. are well known for playing with colours and designs throughout the company’s history. If you want something different and can pay, you stand a chance of getting it. Probably one of the most collectable in the Hardy lightweight series of reels is the Green Princess. Launched in 1953 and named after Princess Anne, […]
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Feb
Feb
This is a rare Hardy all brass Perfect reel from the c.1892 period. The reason it’s a bit vague is because we have not seen another like it, and it’s difficult to pin it down exactly, which makes it all the more interesting. It’s the unusual position for the ball bearing that makes this really […]
10
Feb
Feb
When the opportunity came to buy 20 high quality Hardy leather fly rod tubes direct from Hardy, we couldn’t pass up the offer. Hardy had in mind to build 20 special split cane fly rods and these tubes were made to fit the rods which sadly never went into production. In one of our Thomas […]
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Jan
Jan
It’s always good news when you find an oddball variant of any reel. Hardy were not strangers to fulfilling customer requirements with one off or low volume production items. These two reels fall into the latter case. The vast majority of Hardy Perfect reels have some form of ventilation or holes in the drum face. […]
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Jan
Jan
Modern classic Hardy reels in the vintage 25 year plus category can be valuable already. Take the little known and little seen Hardy Featherweight Multiplier reel. Produced from 1973-77, only they just don’t appear. It’s almost madness to have a tiny multiplier reel with gearing to fast wind retrieve very little line on a brook […]
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Jan
Jan
Probably one of the nicest of all boxed sets is this Hardy “The Compleat Angler”, which would put a smile on any fly anglers face. This boxed set was bought c 2005 and never fished. The outer card box is a pictorial joy and the contents a dream. A Hardy 7 piece 8’ Smuggler rod and its fabulous […]