Among vintage Allcocks reels is a 'Flick 'em Perfection Centrepin' reel which is popular with collectors. Choose from a 'St George' 3 3/8 inch fly fishing spare spool with an original xylonite handle and two screw centre latch, a 'St Aidan' 3 3/4 inch fly fishing reel, a Hardy LRH trout reel, an 'Altex No2 Mk5' fixed spool fishing reel, a 'Hardy the Conquest' reel or the legendary 'The Perfect'.Īllcocks was established in 1800 when it produced hooks, but in 1873 it started to make reels and continued to do so until the 1970s.

Hardy is well known for the quality of its reels made over the past century, and a lover of vintage Hardy could be tempted by one of many antique reels available. Some can be found without a manufacturer's mark, such as a vintage brass fishing reel, while others with names such as Hardy or Allcocks, are highly collectable and more expensive. Vintage reels can vary in value, condition and rarity. Make that vital repair with vintage fishing reels, which may also tempt the collector looking for a piece of fishing history.

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