Is this a Hardy Bros fly?Hercules Cut Cast tin

[Lerouxagain]

Hi, Can some one tell me who marketed this tin , the fly is missing . Hardy, Allcock ??Thanks. Dan

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Something to consider : Was the sticker affixed later - and not part of the tin ?
it kinda looks like a gum tin

[Lerouxagain]

Hi, Not a gum tin . I have found these before . I bet Dean Smith can tell me .

[waltryan1]

A "cast" of flies is generally 2 or more flies on a single leader. Did thid hold a cast of flies on a gut leader?

[60InchDV8]

This a match case, as seen by the strike plate on the bottom. These were a popular advertising form with British sporting goods companies like Hardy and are popular among collectors today.They were often handed out to customers to compliment their purchases. Hercules Gut Leaders are being advertised here but would not have been packaged inside this case which is too small to contain one. Gut leaders were made from silk worm gut, usually sourced in Spain, but made and packed in England for sporting goods companies like Hardy. They were packaged in water resistant paper envelopes similar to our modern mono leaders today.