Been left ALOT of fishing tackle by my uncle when he passed, just wondered if any of ita worth anything or if any of it will be good to fish with compared to modern tackle? thunking about rying some of it out.

comments welcome

Hardy Marquies Reel



Hardy Viscount 140 reel with box and case



Hardys Rod




Bruce and Walker Rod
Possibly cane? hexagon in shape





Also got a hardy spinning rod, few old (boxed) mitchell spinning reels etc

dont see many hexagraph rods about these days

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

The Bruce and Walker is a Hexagraph, This was a rod that was going to revolutionise Carbon Fibre (Graphite) rod design by being built to look and feel just like Bamboo. The only thing they have in common is the weight.
It will probably have a value in 50 years as most people got rid pretty quick and it was fairly short lived.

Regards

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Chris REEVES

The B&W is a hexagraph which is a carbon fibre, cane replica nice rod ,bit heavy by todays standards.the rest is nice tackle, not worth a huge amount, the marquis regularly fetch £60-70 on e-bay.but it's nice stuff to use.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

i can see the marquis getting a new line and used as my river reel, its a nice weight and i have a few spools with it

cheers folks

You wont go wrong with the marquis , i own some wee ones and the salmon#2 and would not part with them , the Viscount is also Ok ,i use the larger size for resser and seatrouting .
As to the Hexographs , some were just horrid some were good I had a loan of a brook rod from Ken Walker when they first came out but gave it back in exchange for the falkus seatrout special which gets fished from time to time and I like .
The Farnborough was back in the day the rod to have on the lake .
All good stuff in my veiw !

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Andy Wren
Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

I have a Marquies #7 and a couple of Viscounts. I bought mine on ebay last year sometime (or maybe the year before). Cased with spare spools, I paid £30+, i dont recall the exact amount.

I've not used mine, but as the price was so low i figured i couldnt lose out in the long run.

Get em used

i just set up the hardy rod and put the marquis on it, actually feels really nice, think ill give it a bash at the start of the season