
VINTAGE FISHING TACKLE Restoration and Repair of Split Cane, Whole Cane and Greenheart Rods. Vintage Reel Repair and accessories
ROD RESTORATION AND REPAIR Repair and Restoration work undertaken on any rod
REEL RESTORATION AND REPAIR Repair and Restoration work undertaken on any reel.
CONTACT DETAILS E.mail and Phone.
EXAMPLES OF RESTORED REELS Reels of all makes, shapes and sizes bought back to their original glory!
SPECIAL ROD DRYING UNITS Give your rods the finish they deserve
COARSE FISHING RODS Hardy, Chapmans, B.James, Olivers, Ogden Smiths, Allcocks plus all the other top makers
SPLIT CANE RODS Allcocks, Walker Bampton, Chapmans, James plus others. Coarse, Salmon and Fly.
WHOLE CANE RODS Spanish Reed, Tonkin Cane, Whole Cane. Bottom Fishing.
WOOD RODS Greenheart, Lancewood, Mahogany. Salmon and Fly.
EXAMPLES OF RESTORED HARDY FISHING TACKLE Rods, Reels and Accessories from the worlds most famous maker
VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE REELS Heres some of the rarer reels that are highly collectable.
J.W.YOUNGS REELS Here are some examples of restored Youngs reels.
ABU REELS Heres a few examples of restored ABU reels.
VOM HOFE REELS Top end reels from the famous brothers
FAMOUS AMERICAN FLY RODS SOME EXAMPLES OF THE BEST FLY RODS EVER MADE
FIXED SPOOL REELS Mitchell, Abu, J.W.Youngs etc
CENTERPIN REELS Allcocks, J.W.Youngs etc
FLY REELS J.W.Youngs, Farlows, Allcocks etc
ACCESSORIES Fly Boxes, Floats, Nets, Lures etc
WOOD, BRASS AND EBONITE REELS Famous makers such as Allcocks, Farlows, Ogden Smiths, Hardy, Heaton, Malloch, Milwards etc
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES Catalogues,Antiquarian, Old and Modern books
LINKS TO OTHER GOOD QUALITY FISHING RELATED SITES

CENTERPIN REELS

A fully restored 1960's Allcocks Match Aerial

Heres an old 1960's Allcocks Match Aerial. Well used, the reel was in poor shape, it had bent spokes and a broken release catch spring, a worn/bent centrepin, corrosion and 40% paint loss. The reel is now finished and is in as new condition with a new centrepin, new spring, straight spokes, full paintjob etc, the reel now spins like a top and is perfect for either a display cabinet or better still, trotting down on the river!

The pre-restored Aerial

The finished article

An early 4' Speedia wide drum centrepin

This reel came to me with no handles, was unable to turn, wobbled on pin, with 75% paint loss and water corosion from being put away wet many years ago. This reel certainly came up a treat as the pictures show

A fully restored 4' Speedia wide drum centrepin reel

Rear View

Two fully restored 1939 Allcocks Match Aerials, circa 1930's

These two Match Aerials came to me in quite a state, all the finish was worn away on the back, the aluminium spool was pitted and coroded, spokes were bent, missing handles, missing centre grubscrew for setting height of spool, faulty check etc,etc,etc. On this particular model only the backplate was blackened this finish was all but totally removed from use, a chemical compound was put on the backplate to bring it back to original standard.

The pair of Match Aerials fully restored

A rare 1940's Ogden Smiths Centrepin

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