AN EXTREMELY RARE "ILLINGWORTH " LIGHT SPINNING REEL WITH MAKERS ORIGINAL BOX, CIRCA 1930'S
 
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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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
 
 
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Catalogues,Antiquarian, Old and Modern books
 
 
LINKS TO OTHER GOOD QUALITY FISHING RELATED SITES
 
 

VOM HOFE REELS

Edward and Julius Vom Hofe Reels are of the very best quality and extremely collectable. Vom Hofe reels were made in the United States in New York and these particular models date circa 1920. They are made from German Silver and Hard Rubber and feature a unique and ingenious internal drag system using leather brake pads. They are very similar to the famous Hardy Cascapedia reels from the 30's. This particular batch of 4 which includes one rare multiplier and 3 salmon reels were made by Edward Vom Hofe and in poor condition and needed a lot of work to put right, work done included new brake pads, new screws, repolishing, repainting the red brake setting dots, straightening bent feet and handles and removing scratches from the hard rubber faceplates.

The 4 superb reels!

Rear view

Gorgeous!

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