You will in your travels as a vintage tackle collector come across reels by J B Moscrop of Manchester. Patent 17,502 of the 14thOctober 1891 saw the birth of a unique reel. Normally brass and later alloy, these are good collector reels and still fishable today, well built and attractive too. The Patent mentions three […]
In response to our request for any unusual reels in the hands of our readers Mike O’Brien sent in this oddity which we are researching. The reel is clearly by Eaton & Deller, 6/7 Crooked Lane, London, which dates it after 1857 and probably pre-1900, so it’s in there somewhere. The odd thing is the winding plate […]
Always popular, with minty examples in high demand, the Record Sweden 2100 Sport reel is a work of art. Produced 1945-73 and hailed as Abu’s World Champion Tournament casting reel, with many records set and broken by Swedish tournament caster Ake Dalberg. It was the first reel to be fitted with a centrifugal brake, a […]
Fortunately for collectors most makers of fishing tackle enjoy having their names adorn the product they sell. This in the main helps us to date and cross match items to give a fair guesstimate of the date or production or sale period. Take in this case a lot of 4 brass crank wind winches. All […]
These very rarely appear and are a good find when they do. Farlow are generally recognised as a game fishing company but decades ago they retailed a good cross section of tackle for game, coarse and sea fishing, including big game rods and reels. This 4” Livewire reel is one of a range of unusual […]
When the name Grice & Young comes up you immediately think of centre pins such the Avon & Crown models, sea reels like the Jecta & Orlando plus large game reels in the Tatler range. All offer good value for money and a sturdy construction. Well known for quality craftsmanship, G&Y followed a similar path […]
In every threadline or early spinning reel collector’s den should be one of these. A Harding’s of Bognor Regis, England, The Bercol friction drive reel. Made from cast alloy, these are a rare find for any collector. Harding’s only sealed Patent appears in 1932 and was for a drag assembly on drum type reels, a […]
Now our frequent blogs relating to wacky oddball reels does turn up a steady flow of oddities. Just take a look at this beauty. It came from the Harrogate area in Yorkshire and was made by someone’s dad after the war, the Second World War to be precise. This is a proper Heath Robinson affair […]
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. […]
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 […]