Robert Marrs (1886-1964), Samuel (Sam) Marrs (1918-1999) rod builder/repairer
Back in December 2022 we published a [...]
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Classic Angling Magazine, soon to celebrate 150th edition!
I always look forward to receiving my [...]
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Buying and selling tackle treasures over the years
Here at Thomas Turner we are delighted [...]
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Do you live in the Hereford area and have tackle to sell?
VALUATION DAY – SPORTFISH, HEREFORD – SATURDAY [...]
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SPORTFISH VALUATION DAY – SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 10AM – 4PM
As part of Thomas Turner’s ongoing series [...]
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Exciting new Valuation Day at Rod & Tackle, Northumberland!
Save the Date! Wednesday 24th April 2024 [...]
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Our next Valuation Day at Blagdon Fishing Lodge – Saturday 16th September
10AM – 3PM Blagdon Fishing Lodge, Park [...]
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TTClassic+ join the Angling Trades Association at the 65th Game Fair!
Thomas Turner are proud to announce that [...]
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Richard’s trip to Ireland 22nd May – 25th May – do you have tackle to sell?
We know this is short notice but [...]
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Mallon & Green Valuation Day – Saturday 27th May, 10am – 4pm
King Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1DZ with [...]
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National Vintage Tackle Fair, Redditch – Sunday 14th May – Free valuations
As always, we are looking forward to [...]
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Avenue Angling Valuation Day – Friday 24th March 10am – 4pm
Unit 4c1. Ellough Industrial Estate, Ellough Road, [...]
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Dever Springs update, the perfect ending to a great day
Once again, the valuation day at Dever [...]
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DEVER SPRINGS VALUATION DAY – SATURDAY 11TH MARCH – 9AM – 4PM
Dever Springs, Barton Stacey, nr Winchester, Hampshire, [...]
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Allcock’s of Redditch, established 1803
A collection recently purchased contained an Allcock’s [...]
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VR reels of Ukraine, Salar Incomparable 4/0 Classic salmon fly reel
We are pleased to announce we have [...]
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Conjuring Coarse Magic – Re-learning the Bomb rod
To be honest, something I’m always hoping [...]
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Conjuring Coarse Magic – Lost Art Of The Float – Part 4 – Laying On In Rivers
He/she who is tired of float fishing [...]
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Conjuring Up Coarse Magic – The Lost Art Of The Float – Part One
Go into a modern tackle emporium and [...]
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CONJURING COARSE MAGIC – BARBEL PART 3 – FLOAT FISHING
There’s no doubt that to the purist, [...]
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Do you have tackle to sell and live in Scotland!?
John Stephenson from Thomas Turner will be [...]
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Warwickshire/Midlands Valuations – Tuesday 29th November
Are you near the Redditch, Brum, Nuneaton, [...]
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Upcoming Valuation Days – 7th/8th December – Dorset, Hampshire and surrounding area
John Stephenson will be travelling south meeting [...]
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CONJURING UP COARSE MAGIC – THE BIG FISH SCENE FIFTY YEARS BACK
Peter Orchard, the truly brilliant riverkeeper at [...]
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The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair – Sunday 13th November
The fair is the largest antique, vintage, [...]
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Introducing Vladimir Rachenko – the CEO of VR reels
Vlad was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and [...]
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Valuation Day at Horncastle’s ‘Fin’Tastic Social Evening!
Friday 28th October 12 noon – 8pm [...]
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Introducing the brand new ‘Thomas Turner Classic+’ range: High performance rods and reels
Introduction: Thomas Turner originally a prestigious gunsmith [...]
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Feedback from a happy customer, taking his Gary Brooker purchases out to the river.
It is always a pleasure to hear [...]
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A guide to Allcock’s coarse fishing rods and reels of the 60’s
Allcock’s of Redditch have been market leaders [...]
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Update: Dever Springs Valuation day Saturday 20th August 2022
There are valuation days and then there [...]
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BLAGDON VALUATION DAY – SATURDAY 23RD JULY 10-4PM
Blagdon Fishing Lodge, Park Lane, Blagdon, Bristol, [...]
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Bruce & Walkers Phoenix day March 2nd 1972
In true British Bulldog fighting spirit, Bruce [...]
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The Dreadnought Sea Angling Society Established 1911
The Dreadnought Sea Angling Society Established 1911 [...]
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DEVER SPRINGS VALUATION DAY – SATURDAY 11TH MARCH – 9AM – 4PM
Dever Springs, Barton Stacey, nr Winchester, Hampshire, [...]
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Army & Navy Co-operative Society tackle is often overlooked by collectors
The Army & Navy Victoria London never [...]
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Antique Greenheart rods and an Intrepid Boyo reel in Falkirk
Famous names such as Hardy, Farlow, Carter, [...]
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John Jackson of Dumfries, Tackle Maker, but for who?
In the recent massive collection of 500 [...]
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Collection of 105 large gut eye salmon flies, formerly the property of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Thomas Turner is proud to offer for [...]
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Trout Fishing in Kulu, The Valley of the Gods
Originally published in 1934, this second edition [...]
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Passion For… ‘Poles Apart: The History of the London Roach Pole’ by Michael Nadell
Poles Apart is published by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, [...]
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The Kingpin Viking Norwegian Special Edition reel
During the 2020 lockdown a little voice [...]
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Sage, Orvis, Hardy, Loomis, Abel, Pate, and Lamson fishing tackle for sale
A call from the Lincolnshire coast had [...]
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25 x 106 Hardy fly reel collection just in
Another fine Hardy fly reel collection arrived [...]
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Another superb classic Centrepin collection bought by TT
As lockdown continues it’s an ideal opportunity [...]
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Hardy Hydra Fly reel for Harrich International, USA
Nothing odd here, just a mid-1980s Hardy [...]
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National Angling Championship 1952 official programme
This match fishing programme came in last [...]
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“The Crown” fishing scenes – tackle provided by Thomas Turner
We were very excited to watch the [...]
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Giant Rapala and a brass faced Hardy Perfect reel?
Probably not a sentence you frequently hear. [...]
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THOMAS TURNER BUY ANOTHER HARDY SHOP COLLECTION
In these days of uncertain retailing it’s [...]
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1600 Rapala Lures, not even I could lose this lot!
The Thomas Turner European advertising campaign is [...]
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RARE HARDY COLLECTION BOUGHT BY THOMAS TURNER
As the word spreads Thomas Turner continues [...]
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Walker Bampton of Alnwick Patent rod former
This attractive canvas-covered wood rod former or [...]
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Farlow V Hardy in the Perfect competition
There has historically been a professional rivalry [...]
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Hardy Bougle MK V 3″ Lightweight Centenary Limited Edition reel No 000
I keep saying it, just when you [...]
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German Artificial Fly tying book, 1903, Anton Gruner by Johann Bergauer flies to gut
I’m thrilled with this tome, which recently [...]
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Transitional Reels – Specifically Hardy Bros
Dictionary definition of transition(al): “The process of [...]
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Thomas Turner SAFELY buying and selling tackle
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our thoughts go [...]
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Farlow Sharpe fishing tackle catalogue of 1978
Apart from the obvious reference material value [...]
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Devonshire fishing permit for the River Otter, 1850
These old permits are unique in every [...]
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Is selling your FISHING tackle through an auction really worth it?
That old auction commission charge discussion raised [...]
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Unusual fishing scene reel, is it Heaton’s of Birmingham?
An interesting little brass reel came to [...]
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Centre Line Patent rods of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Centre Line rods occasionally turn up and [...]
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J S Sharpes of Aberdeen split cane rod specifications
We are often asked for the technical [...]
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Vintage spinning & threadline reel collection just arrived
A great find this week, a collection [...]
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The Holliday 30 spinning reel: Italy and USA combine their skills
Edward Small of Boston Massachusetts is responsible [...]
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Custom built 5’6” 2 piece spinning rod in the Wanless style
I just had to tell this story. [...]
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The Howban of Moseley, Birmingham threadline casting reel
Few of these come up these days: [...]
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Treen trinket box with a fishy tale for tea
Most fishing tackle collectors enjoy trinkets, gadgets [...]
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Antique fishing tackle fly fishing accessories collection
How refreshing when you take a call [...]
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Auger Tackle “The Augermatic” Patent Applied for spinning reel
This is one of my favourite wacky [...]
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H.R.H Prince Axel of Denmark, 1888-1964
A rather distinguished if slightly demure voice [...]
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Constable Kingfisher rod reunited with owner
When Robin sold his Constable Kingfisher split [...]
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Hardy Miniature Palakona rod & reel set 1 of 3 with Royal links
It seems like millennia ago that I [...]
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Risqué humour in angling advertising, the lighter side
RMany of us will have referred to [...]
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Allcock’s Kastlite Patent drag side mount casting reel
One of the most unusual reels from [...]
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Allcock’s factory trade sample display frame
These rarely seen collectable sample displays are [...]
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Hardy special edition leather fly rod tubes – only 20 made
When the opportunity came to buy 20 [...]
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Eaton & Deller of 6/7 Crooked Lane London query
In response to our request for any unusual [...]
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Abu Record 2100 Sport tournament casting reel
Always popular, with minty examples in high [...]
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The London reels of Farlow & Eaton & Deller
Fortunately for collectors most makers of fishing [...]
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Is the Grice & Young Agila an overlooked collectable fly reel?
When the name Grice & Young comes [...]
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LONDON TACKLE BUY: Aerials, Speedia, Dingley & Farlow reels plus cased fish
A call from central London had me [...]
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My Keith Linsell original watercolour is an acquired taste
A recent trip to the historic Stratford [...]
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Hardy Featherweight Multiplier fly reel 1973-77
Modern classic Hardy reels in the vintage [...]
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South Coast Hardy & vintage fishing tackle collection
With all the interest in the article [...]
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The Hardy Princess reel in green finish 1953-57 only
Probably one of the most collectable in [...]
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Hardy Silex Superba reel from Finn De Langer Bergen, Norway
Another long distance award here, Alnwick to [...]
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Exceptional Hardy fishing reel and rod collection of 95 items acquired by Thomas Turner
An email followed by a few phone [...]
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Vintage anchor back Nottingham reel question
Curious thing wood reel collecting, there must [...]
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A Frederick Skinner Archimedian Winch c.1848 for Christmas
Rummaging through a long-lost box of papers [...]
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The square case of Dingley & Farsure early spinning reels
Spinning as we know it today was [...]
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The colonial fishing reels for the travelling angler
As worldwide travel became increasingly easy around [...]
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Sportex & Bronson: the collaboration
Historically in the tackle manufacturing world makers [...]
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Allcock’s Commodore big game and big value fishing reel
Allcock’s “Commodore” 6 inch Saltwater Boat Reel [...]
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The George F Ball Free Flo spinning reel for trigger happy anglers.
The Wyatt Erp of casting reels, this [...]
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Heaton’s Patent 1888 fishing reel – forerunner to large arbor reels
The principle of drying fly lines and [...]
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Curious friction drive reel for left & right hand wind
Just arrived from sunny Northampton is this [...]
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