ANTIQUE & VINTAGE FISHING TACKLE

A SELECTION OF FLIES & ACCESSORIES

JAMES.PURDEY & SONS UNIQUE HAND CRAFTED HIGH QUALITY LARGE STAG HORN SALMON PRIEST, RARE FISHING ITEM FROM THIS HIGH QUALITY GUN MAKER COMPANY HOLDING ROYAL WARRANTS £85  MILLS COMPANY NEW UNUSED LEATHER CENTRE PIN REEL CASE FOR REELS UP TO 4" DIAMETER £85 FOUR HIGHEST QUALITY PAUL COOK FLOATS UNUSED & A DICK CLEGG FLOAT £50 LARGE HARDY BROS 6" BIG GAME DARTING LURE IN SUPERB CONDITION £250 RARE HARDY BROS CANE ROD TUBE CASE LARGE 5FT LENGTH WITH LEATHER CAP & STRAP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LABELLED BAG £125 VERY RARE HARDY BROS POCKET OUTFIT IN FINE CONDITION £850 A RARE AGUTTER'S "RICHARD WALKER" AS INSCRIBED CARP LANDING NET BEAUTIFULLY BUILT CANE HANDLE WITH EMERALD GREEN SILK WHIPPINGS WITH BRASS FITTINGS FOLDING "V" NET ARMS WITH ALLOY SPACER HIGHLY COLLECTABLE & USABLE £195 ANTIQUE COUNTRYMANS MULI-TOOLED KNIFE BY THOMAS TURNER SHEFFIELD ENCORE LARGE SIZE 6" CLOSED, IVORY SIDE PLATES, NICKEL SILVER SHACKLE ALL TOOLS COMPLETE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION A RARE COLLECTORS KNIFE DATING MID TO LATE 19th CENTURY £350 A SCARCE HARDY BROS ANTIQUE ELEPHANT SKIN FLY WALLET CONTAINING FLIES & SCISSORS £165 VINTAGE HARDY BROS DRESSED SALMON FLIES IN SEALED LABELLED PACKETS, F.MORGAN, JOCK SCOTT, THUNDER & LIGHTNING, SILVER DOCTOR £60 A RARE ANTIQUE RICHARD WHEATLEY SALMON FLY BOX WITH A QUANTITY DRESSED GUT EYED SALMON FLIES CLASSICS SUCH AS POPHAMS ( indian crow) & JOCK SCOTTS etc, NICE COLLECTORS PIECE HAVING REMOVABLE MAHOGANY FRAMED FLY BOXES STAMPED A & B, SILVER CLIPS circa 1920 £760 ANTIQUE SELECTION OF FLY TYING FEATHERS IN ORIGINAL SEALED PACKETS WITH THE POSTAGE BOX £65 ANTIQUE TRADITIONAL PATTERN TROUT & GRAYLING FLIES BY DALES OF HANLEY APPROX 100 FLIES IN PAPER ENVELOPES, OLIVE DUNS, MARCH BROWN, RED QUILL, HARE EAR DUN, ETC. A CLASSIC CARVED SALMON ON OAK BLOCK BY CRAFTSMAN & ARTIST BRIAN HURST A HIGH QUALITY PIECE OF ARTWORK. BRIAN CAN PUT YOUR PRIZE SPECIMEN FISH WHETHER GAME FISH OR COARSE FISH HE CAN CARVE A NEAR EXACT COPY OF THE FISH & PAINT IT FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. CONTACT ME FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS REMARKABLE WORK. THIS SALMON WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN FARLOWS STORE PALL MALL LONDON £520 HARDY BROS DURHAM RANGER LARGE SIZE 8/0 IN FINE UNUSED CONDITION £60 AN ANTIQUE ANGLERS CLEARING RING SOLID EBONY & INLAID WITH NICKEL SILVER PLATES WITH BRASS RELEASE / LOCKING CATCH, A RARE ITEM STAMPED REGd No.754631 £125 HARDY BROS ALLOY ROD SPIKE STAMPED WITH HARDY LOGO £20 ANTIQUE SCORCHED CANE LANDING NET HANDLE. IT ONCE BELONGED TO 4TH EARL SPENCER OF ALTHORP HOUSE. THE LATE PRINCESS OF WALES FAMILY HOME.  THIS WAS PART OF THE GRAHAM TURNER COLLECTION WHICH INCLUDED THE  SPENCER ROD COLLECTION, THIS UNIQUE HANDLE HAS A TRADITIONAL TURKS HEAD ADDED, FULLY RESTORED IN FINE CONDITION  A NICE COLLECTABLE PIECE OF HISTORY £150 AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF BY JOHN SEARL  FRAMED LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL PAINTING OF A CHUB 18" x 13". JOHN SEARL IS A HIGHLY REGARDED ANGLING ARTIST & AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK " A BRUSH WITH THE AVON" HE HAS ILLUSTRATED MANY BOOKS INCLUDING  THOSE BY PETER STONE, F.J.TAYLOR, & " RED LETTER DAYS" A TRIBUTE TO BERNARD VENABLES. £750 NEWLY RELEASED BOOK & NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT " CHEVIN " BY THE CHUB STUDY GROUP A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 700 COPIES THE DUST COVER ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN SEARL NOTICE THE CHUB ON THE COVER IS THE ONE FROM THE ABOVE ORIGINAL PAINTING ALSO FEATURED ARE PETER STONE & DICK WALKER THIS COPY IS MULTI-SIGNED BY 15 OF THE CONTRIBUTORS £145 A COLLECTORS PIECE FROM THE ANGLERS SHOWCASE "DANBURY MINT" COLLECTION, THIS IS THE COMMON (KING) CARP CYRINUS CARPUS IN MINT CONDITION COMPLETE WITH ITS BOX & INFORMATION CARD £35 UNUSUAL ANTIQUE FLY FISHERMAN/TYERS ARTICULATED TWEEZERS GOOD QUALITY NICKEL SILVER £25 RARE ANTIQUE ORNAMENTAL SOLID BRASS CREEL, NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM £95 RARE HARDY BROS PATENT SECURITY CLIP SALMON FLY BOX IN GOOD CONDITION CONTAINING SOME GOOD QUALITY SALMON FLIES £95

VERY RARE ANTIQUE WALKER BAMPTON & Co EXTENDABLE LINE & TACKLE RETRIEVER / BOAT HOOK ETC. HAVING SOLID MAHOGANY SHAFTS WITH BRASS PATENT LOCKFAST FERRULES, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY HARDY BROS, THE RETRIEVING HOOK IS MADE FROM MALLEABLE IRON & TINNED TO PREVENT CORROSION. USED TO RETRIEVE LINE OR BOAT ROPE ETC. A EXTREMELY RARE PIECE OF ANTIQUE TACKLE FOR THE CONNOISSEUR COLLECTOR £195

RARE HARDY BROS ANGLERS PIPE STAMPED " No.1 PAT.No.274365, THE ANGLERS PIPE HARDYS ALNWICK" IN GOOD CONDITION, NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM £120 RARE HARDY BROS TWIG/ WEED CUTTER / TACKLE RELEASER WITH LEATHER HOLDER STAMPED HARDY BROS ALNWICK & HARDYS PAT ON THE BLADE, BOTH IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, A HARDY ITEM TO FIND £95 SCARCE ANTIQUE HARDY BROS BIG GAME ROD. END ROLLER RING STAMPED " HARDY ALNWICK REGd No.313685." £45 A JOSEPH BRAZIER AS STAMPED BRASS OILER BOTTLE £45

EARLY HARDY BROS " JOCK SCOTT" GUT EYED SALMON FLY WITH ITS ORIGINAL HARDY BROS ENVELOPE, VERY NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM IN FINE CONDITION £65 SCARCE HARDY BROS  "NATURAL" MINNOW TACKLE MOUNT No.2 SPECIAL MOUNT AS STAMPED ON THE LABEL ON ITS ORIGINAL CARD WITH BOX £65

RARE ANTIQUE HARDY BROS CROCODILE SKIN LEATHER FLY WALLET STAMPED" HARDY BROTHERS LTD ALNWICK" COLLECTABLE ITEM £95

RARE UNUSUAL HEXAGONAL VERY EARLY HEAVYWEIGHT MINNOW, WITH ITS ORIGINAL MOUNT & GIMP TRACE £25

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE COARSE FISHING ITEMS INCLUDES A RARE PALMER LINE GREASER WITH A POT OF GREASE A MUST FOR KEEPING YOUR LINE ON THE TOP OF THE WATER REDUCING THE DRAG, INCLUDES DISGORGERS, BAIT DROP FEEDER ETC £25

VERY EARLY & RARE LEAD STAMPED " GEEN'S PATENT 19324" ON THE OTHER SIDE " WARNER & SONS" REDDITCH No.5

ANTIQUE HARDY BROS CROCODILE BAIT MOUNT £25

RARE HARDY BROS CONWAY FISHING CREEL WITH BAG, LEATER TRIM WITH FRONT POCKETS & CARRYING STRAP £125

A RARE MINT UNUSED KENNEDY'S " COCH-Y-BONDHU NATURAL DRY FLY ON ITS ORIGINAL CARD IN ITS ORIGINAL GREEN BOX RETAILED BY OGDEN SMITHS LONDON. NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM £20 ALSO AN EARLIER KENNEDYS TIN BOX WITH TWO ORIGINAL FLIES & LABEL £35 HALCYON 2" SPINNER

A HIGH QUALITY ANTIQUE LEATHER FLY WALLET IN FINE CONDITION £65

HARDY BROS LARGEST SIZE SALMON REEL CASE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION £20

RICHARD CARTER TRADITIONAL ANGLING REEL CASE FOR REELS UPTO 4.5" DIAMETER £20

RARE HARDY BROS SECURITY CLIP LARGEST SIZE SALMON FLY BOX WITH GOOD SALMON FLIES, ALLOY BOX IN FINE CONDITION HAVING THE OVAL NICKEL SILVER HARDY BROS LOGO £145

AN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE FROM HARDY BROS TO A CAPTAIN ROBINSON DATED 1922, IT HOLDS AS NEW TOTALLY UNOPENED A HARDY BROS TRADE CARD WITH A HARDY BROS WAX ENVELOPE WITH A HAND TIED MOUNTED FLY CAST HAVING HARDYS FAVOURITE POINT FLY A GROUSE & PURPLE FIRST DROPPER & BLACK ZULU BOB FLY, AS NEW FROM THE FACTORY, A NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM £65

ANTIQUE RED LEATHER FISHERMANS WALLET PRE 1900 HAVING WAXED PARCHMENT POCKETS, ALSO AN EARLY HAND WRITTEN RECEIPT, HAS SCISSORS & HOOK DISGORGER TYPE DEVICE, WALLET POSSIBLY FARLOWS £65

EARLY HARDY BROS ARTIFICIAL PRAWN £25 A HARDY BROS HEAVY WEIGHT BLUE DEVON UNUSED ON ITS ORIGINAL CARD & AN HARDY IMPROVED PIONEER DEVON 1 1/2" £20, HARDY GREENWELL SPOON, £20 EACH MILWARDS ADJUSTABLE FIN ALLOY MINNOW PLUS 4 HARDY BROS HEAVYWEIGHT DEVONS & A SMALLEST SIZE HARDY BROS BAIT MOUNT & HARDY BROS VANE £25 LOT

ANTIQUE LEATHER FISHERMANS WALLET WITH CHAMOIS LEATHER POCKETS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, CONTAINS LOTS OF EARLY GUT CASTS SOME FLIES TO GUT & WAX TRADE UNUSED PACKETS WITH CONTENTS HOOKS TO GUT BY LOUIS F HIGGS, G.H ALLEN, C.A & E HILL REDDITCH, ARMSTRONG & CO RARE ITEMS £65

ANTIQUE HARDY BROS SILVER FLY MINNOW RARE SMALLEST SIZE 1", ALSO A ANTIQUE HARDY BROS DRESSED SALMON FLY NAMELY A SIZE 4 THUNDER & LIGHTENING UNUSED IN ITS SEALED LABELLED PACKET £45

VENIARD FLY TYING VICE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION £25 VENIARD BOX NO.1 TROUT FLY TYING OUTFIT WITH VICE & MATERIALS & SILKS ETC. ALSO A VENIARD THE "STONE" FLY TYING MAGNIFYING GLASS ADAPTOR WHICH FITS ONTO THE VICE , MINT IN ITS LABELLED BOX £85

A SELECTION OF VARIOUS SIZED ANTIQUE  HARDY BROS ( AS STAMPED) SPINNING MOUNTS  £45

PERCY WADHAMS NATURE SERIES BAITS, THE GREEN LABELLED BOX CONTAINS A 2" MINNOW, THE WHITE LABELLED BOX CONTAINS A 1 1/2" CHAR, RARE COLLECTABLE LURES £45 pair

VINTAGE PERCY WADHAM NATURAL FLY MINNOWS £25

SCARCE HARDY BROS SECURITY CLIP ALLOY FLY BOX WITH GOOD SALMON FLIES, THIS WAS A PRESENTATION BOX AS INSCRIBED ON THE LID, NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM £125

ANTIQUE HARDY BROS CUSTOMER LETTERS & ORDER FORMS, A LETTER SIGNED BY ALLAN HARDY & A HARDY BROTHER 1924 LETTER, NICE COLLECTABLE HISTORICAL ITEMS £45

ANTIQUE W.J.CUMMINS ORDER FORM WITH TERMS & TWO VERY EARLY BOLTON'S BUILT CANE RODS CATALOGUE LEAFLETS 147 NORTHUMBERLAND STREET, NEWCASTLE SHOWING ROD PRICES ALSO FLIES , GUT & WORM CASTS, PRICES ETC. VERY RARE CATALOGUES DATED LATE 1800, HIS RODS AS STATED WERE FINISHED WITH INLAID CEDAR HANDLES, PIGSKIN BOUND GRIP & REVOLVING END RINGS. HIGH QUALITY RODS. VERY RARE & INTERESTING HISTORICAL ITEMS .

I can supply the world famous Sawyer Nymph trout flies, as designed by the late Frank Sawyer MBE.  Frank Sawyer was the river-keeper on the Upper Avon and has written several books on the art of fishing  His expertise on developing these world famous flies are second to none.  These flies are superb and are a must for the trout fisherman.   I recommend the Sawyer Nymph book which gives a wealth of knowledge on how and what fly to use.  A very informative read to assist these wonderful flies.    I can supply any of these fishing flies at trade price when purchasing 20 dozen or more.

Frank Sawyer Nymph Flies SUPERB TROUT & GRAYLING FLIES. Sizes 10 - 20
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph - £6.00 per dozen	Sawyer Killer Bug - £6.00 per dozen
Sawyer Grey Goose - £6.00 per dozen	Sawyer Bow Tie Buzzer - £6.00 per dozen
Sawyer Swedish Nymph - £6.00 per dozen	Half Dozen Selection Pack - £5.00 per dozen
Sawyer Nymph Technique Book - £3.00	A dozen mixed selection of your choice - £7.