Thomas Turner Appointments. I am pleased to announce that with immediate effect Dave Townsend is appointed as Managing Director of Thomas Turner (TT). Dave has done an amazing job at building the reputation of TT as a business you can trust to do business with both as sellers and buyers. His enthusiasm for especially vintage […]
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Jun
Jun
As we continue to delve into the Aladdin’s cave of Peter Wheat’s Fishing Collection, we find a plethora of fascinating treasures. We have just discovered, for example, various silver fob medals given as awards by Angling Clubs for catches of specimen fish. Notable amongst these are silver medals awarded by The Highbury Angling Society of […]
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The Glorious 16th of June plus a must watch video from The Angling Trust featuring our TT rods…..and John Bailey
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Jun
Jun
For me there are three especially magical moments in fishing; one is when a salmon takes, the second when a brown trout rises to a dry fly and the third when your float lifts when fishing for tench. (The fourth is trotting for roach). I have just returned from one such moment when spending […]
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Jun
Jun
We have been busy cataloguing Peter Wheat’s amazing tackle and art collection and came across a box labelled, “Notable Anglers and Angling Friend’s”. The box contains over 100 floats chronicling much of Peter’s fishing life. I have been through this box many times as it is fascinating to see the floats made and used by […]
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Jun
Jun
Last week was a rollercoaster for me, starting with a day trip to the Isle of Man viewing an amazing collection, followed closely by a trip to Poole to meet the legendary barbel fisherman and prolific writer Peter Wheat and finishing with a superb day at Roger Daltrey’s trout fishery in Kent at a fund […]
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Conjuring Up Coarse Magic – The Lost Art Of The Float – Part One
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May
May
Go into a modern tackle emporium and you actually have to determinedly hunt out the float section amongst batteries of carp rods, the village of erected bivvies and the food mountain of boilies. When you do find floats, if you do, there will be a pallid stock of mass produced plastic efforts, gradually gathering dust. […]
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May
May
Continuing with the theme of centrepin reels we are pleased to see a strong increase in interest in these classic reels both by collectors and keen users. I still get a thrill ‘spinning’ one of these reels and watching them turn almost endlessly. The combination of traditional looks and modern precision manufacturing has only increased […]
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May
May
We are on the lookout for more high quality centrepin reels by the ever popular makers – Chris Lythe, Arnold Kingpin, Browning, Fred Crouch, Garry Mills, Okuma, Paul Witcher, Tom Kelsey, Richard Carter, the list goes on! The beauty of the Centerpin reels are often seen as a blend of tradition and craftsmanship, with many […]
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Apr
Apr
Once again, our Thomas Turner valuation day at Sportfish, Reading turned out to be an absolute cracker right from the start! No matter what time we arrive at Sportfish, no matter how early, there are always a number of keen customers waiting for us, to get in early and unload their tackle! The office upstairs […]
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Apr
Apr
This Saturday, 26th April 2025 you will find us at our eighth Sportfish Valuation Day. Held at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre, Haywards Farm, Theale, Reading, RG7 4AS. Located just a few minutes off junction 12 of the M4 its easy to find with good parking and refreshments. Dave Townsend and his son Will, will […]