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 […]
One obvious and very effective brake device is your finger! So using this principle, Farlow of London set about developing and filing a Patent application for the Barrett spinning reel. Initially appearing in 4” it soon became available with a 4-1.2” diameter drum. The idea was genius. We all know that finger pressure on any […]
Harvey “Roddy” Rodstein was about 12 years old when he built his first Calcutta fibreglass rods. This event changed his life and started him on the long path of fishing tackle manufacturing and design. Generally rod wrapping, building and development, he brushed shoulders with most of the world influential makers and designers at some point. […]
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, […]
It’s a rare find this one. We were using this reel in one of the TT videos and it features in the opening frames of each of them. The maker is S. Bigg Maker 33 Russell Strt, Covent Garden, W.C. ( London) Its what we call a half ebonite trout dry fly reel. Sexton Bigg was […]
Ari t Hart is probably one of the finest specialist reel makers in the world. The Dutch designer and fly fisher is renowned for the highest level of craftsmanship and use of unusual design & materials to create some the most fabulous functional fly reels available. You only have to Google his name and reams […]
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 […]
We have just bought in this vintage Farlow’s Helical Casting Reel made by the Helical Casting Reel Co, Redditch, a fine English threadline reel. Had I not turned the reel upside down, I would never have seen the Farlow details stamped to the underside of the casing. Marked with C Farlow & Co Ltd, London […]
Probably one of the rarest of all casting reels, this tournament style little alloy reel by Farlow is a work of art. Only 2” diameter with a brass faceplate, a few variants exist for the collector to chase in terms of size and fittings. The unique feature is the open end casing with a Patent […]
This image came in the last few days asking for some background history on the maker. Deller & Shuel of London, well, we’re stumped on this one. Eaton & Deller, George Eaton, the Widow Eaton but who is Schuel, If I didn’t know better I would say export model, however the name Shuel is an […]