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.
 
 
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
 
 

WHOLE CANE RODS

Whole Cane Rods, most with finely spliced split cane tip sections can be found on this page.

Materials used to make these rods were mainly Tonkin Cane and Spanish Reed.

Although not as desirable and sought after as full split cane rods they still have a place in our angling heritage.

Sheffield, Nottingham and Thames were just three of the famous styles that these rods was manufactured to.

Most of these rods were primarily used for what was known as bottom fishing and they became a useful weapon with the early 1940's and 1950's match anglers whose numbers were growing at that time.

Due to the fine spliced split cane tip section on these rods they were mainly used for fine float fishing on rivers, canals and lakes targeting the smaller coarse species such as roach, bream, rudd, and dace etc.

The range of rods shown here are fully restored to their original specifications as far as possible.

Have a look at these classic rods and contact me if you have any questions.

Restoration of a Rare Vintage Sowerbutts 8 section Roach rod, Circa 1910

Very poor condition but worth restoring.

As you can see, the rod is in very poor condition but will be gradually brought back to its former glory.

The end result!

The end result! Ready to display or use.

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