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#101Very cool !
And from my home state of Connecticut too.
Dean.
And from my home state of Connecticut too.
Dean.
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#102Are the Hardy Aero fly's worth much ? I found one in a box of old fly's that I bought. regards,steve
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#103Depends on size and condition. A large one in super shape can bring decent money while a small one that is moth eaten will not have much value.Northumberland wrote:Are the Hardy Aero fly's worth much ? I found one in a box of old fly's that I bought. regards,steve
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#104Most of the stuff has found new homes with others, but every now and then I find a box with more junk!
Beautiful Michael Simon (Afgantrout) print, the art work for the VA Brook Trout license plate.
Waistcoat dry fly oiler
Fly tin from cook, Newton and Smith
Fre-Line bass bug from Colorado - pretty rare.
Lollacapop tin - mercifully empty
An early Cortland 333 flyline, once the property of Luis Marden (his little name label is on there....)
Beautiful Michael Simon (Afgantrout) print, the art work for the VA Brook Trout license plate.
Waistcoat dry fly oiler
Fly tin from cook, Newton and Smith
Fre-Line bass bug from Colorado - pretty rare.
Lollacapop tin - mercifully empty
An early Cortland 333 flyline, once the property of Luis Marden (his little name label is on there....)
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#105This is one of my favorite threads! Here's a cool fly box from Rubin's Sport Shop in Lewistown, PA, about 50 miles SW from where I live. It is made of celluloid and imitation leather - think it dates back to the 30's and maybe earlier (faux leather became widely used around 1927) - what do you think? Check out the little cork stoppered vial to hold your natural! - Kevin
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#106Found this one a while ago and it rapidly became my favourite (6" x 3 1/2" x 2")(any idea what the box was originally made for?)
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#107It looks to me like a gentlemans case for shirt collars and cufflinks. The collar studs would be held in the semicircular insert in the case lid.
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#108Enigma,
Neil Patterson describes a box just like that in "Chalkstream Chronicle" that he uses for a portable fly tying kit. He says it was an old collar/tab box from the days when men got their collars and shirts back from the laundry separately.
-CC
Neil Patterson describes a box just like that in "Chalkstream Chronicle" that he uses for a portable fly tying kit. He says it was an old collar/tab box from the days when men got their collars and shirts back from the laundry separately.
-CC
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#109I have the first two years of Trout Unlimited Quarterly in mint shape! Pretty cool since I was born and raised in Michigan. Here is a picture of the cover of the very first issue.
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#110Here is my submission to this great topic, a Walton's Engine that I made. Darrel Martin describes these in his book "The Fly-Fisher's Craft: The Art and History". I made this one by studying the reproduction in the book, several woodcuts, and photographs of antique engines. These are useful for making horse hair fly lines, furling leaders and twisting gut for Atlantic Salmon flies.
cheers, Michael
cheers, Michael
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#112Michael - Wow! That's one of the neatest things I've seen in a while.
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#113Its been far too long between bottle acquisitions. I've had the bottle on the left for awhile but just picked up the one on the right. Does anyone know of any other Hewitt bottles?
Dean.
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#114"Now where did I leave that damn bottle of leader soak?
"History has a beloved cousin who has the family eyes and nose
but is a rather different creature - myth." Ken Cameron,
The American Fly Fisher, v. 28, n. 1, Winter, 2002, (AMFF, Manchester, Vt., 2002).
but is a rather different creature - myth." Ken Cameron,
The American Fly Fisher, v. 28, n. 1, Winter, 2002, (AMFF, Manchester, Vt., 2002).
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#115Please visit and bookmark the Paul H. Young Rod Database
Other rod databases: Dickerson , Orvis , Powell
Other rod databases: Dickerson , Orvis , Powell
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#116Oh man ...you are killin' me! I've have got to find one of those!
Thanks for expanding my horizons ...I've never seen that before. Very cool.
Dean.
Thanks for expanding my horizons ...I've never seen that before. Very cool.
Dean.
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#118Fellow Gadgeteers: I've been looking for and finally found an original, early Fye fly box circa 1950. It's a very lightweight, 2-tray version and in excellent, original condition. The "Pat. Pend." box is marked with the Fye fly logo and "Hollidaysburg, PA" I intend to return it to honorable service!
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"An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity" - Thomas McGuane
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#119Neat stuff guys ...keep it coming !
I started off the week with no gut cutters in my collection. Now I have four of the five I know of ...
From top to bottom: Olson's, Paul H. Young, "Made in England" Rd. No. 667037 and Ogden Smith's "The Test", which is simply the previous cutter with different markings. The only other vintage gut cutter I know of is the Hardy "Curate", which is simply the front half of the Curate with the big handle.
Does anyone know of any others ?
Dean.
I started off the week with no gut cutters in my collection. Now I have four of the five I know of ...
From top to bottom: Olson's, Paul H. Young, "Made in England" Rd. No. 667037 and Ogden Smith's "The Test", which is simply the previous cutter with different markings. The only other vintage gut cutter I know of is the Hardy "Curate", which is simply the front half of the Curate with the big handle.
Does anyone know of any others ?
Dean.
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#120Here are this month's additions. The bottle in the middle is a super early fly dope bottle. The bottle on the right holds tournament casting line and the metal lipstick looking thing is a Hardy Joint Lubricator.