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The Existential Angler: Hardy Reel Checks.

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Sunday, 3 November 2013. A question often asked, but not always understood, is what is the difference between the various Hardy reel checks? Hopefully the photos below will begin to answer the question. Please note that the displayed checks are the Hardy Perfect version, other models were sometimes slightly different. Early Check around 1890 t0 1896.

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The Existential Angler: May 2011

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Monday, 23 May 2011. Hardy Reels - The Evans' Tapes. Hardy Reels – The Evans' Tapes. In 2001 the respected Hardy reel collector, and acknowledged expert, Mr Ted Evans and his son, David, produced a series of 5 video tapes outlining the history and evolution of many of Hardy Brothers’ famous reels. The original tapes were designated as follows –. This 2 ...

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The Existential Angler: August 2010

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Wednesday, 18 August 2010. The Lost World of Mr Hardy - extra scenes. More scenes from a fabulous film. Superb images, SBS, Tarantino, and finest quality fishing kit. Posted by The Existential Angler . . . Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Churchill Sporting - my for sale items. D is for Dingley. The Lost World of Mr Hardy - extra scenes.

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The Existential Angler: June 2014

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Thursday, 12 June 2014. Paradigm shifts and fishing tackle. Whilst Daniel’s book was about the online revolution which was gaining pace in 2006, the ebay story, and how businesses were adapting to accommodate online buying and selling, it was also about the changing attitudes of buyers in a global marketplace (us! The online auctions suffered over the i...

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The Existential Angler: Paradigm shifts and fishing tackle

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Thursday, 12 June 2014. Paradigm shifts and fishing tackle. Whilst Daniel’s book was about the online revolution which was gaining pace in 2006, the ebay story, and how businesses were adapting to accommodate online buying and selling, it was also about the changing attitudes of buyers in a global marketplace (us! The online auctions suffered over the i...

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The Existential Angler: January 2012

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Wednesday, 11 January 2012. 8220;European Fly Reels, a Guide”. Following on from last years "D is for Dingley" book - published by Dr Todd Larson's Whitefish Press. I'm now working on the provisionally entitled “European Fly Reels, a Guide”. The brief was as follows –. Reel) Footnote and reference for more reading.”. We are restricting the region to Nor...

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The Existential Angler: March 2015

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Thursday, 12 March 2015. Hardy reels (Perfects) face plate markings. Another way to help date your old Hardy Perfect reel is to carefully 'read' the face markings. Below, I'll show examples of reels from differing eras and the face markings you'd expect to see. Combined with the check details (published HERE. All three logos may not always be present.

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The Existential Angler: Hardy reels (Perfects) face plate markings

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Thursday, 12 March 2015. Hardy reels (Perfects) face plate markings. Another way to help date your old Hardy Perfect reel is to carefully 'read' the face markings. Below, I'll show examples of reels from differing eras and the face markings you'd expect to see. Combined with the check details (published HERE. All three logos may not always be present.

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The Existential Angler: September 2013

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The occasional ramblings of a post war child, fly fisherman, cynic and friend of the unknown. Some posts may contain irony, or, then again, some may not. Sunday, 29 September 2013. Leaded reels and nonsense. Leaded reels and nonsense. Leaded aluminium fly-fishing reels first appeared near the end of the 19. Century. The bronzing and leading methods were closely guarded by the different makers, but are all basically similar. They have absolutely no idea what the reel lacquer is, or how it will react to pe...