Vintage Fishing Reel Prices
Used Fishing Tackle – The Best Gear at Huge Savings
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Fortunately there is a simple solution to this problem. Buy used fishing tackle and save a bundle on your outfit. Now I know that the very idea of something “used” conjures up visions, for some people, of beaten up old items that are not worth having at any price. Actually nothing could be further from the truth. Many rods, reels and lures in new or near new condition are quite easy to find and to buy at a small fraction of their new value. You do not have to go without top quality tackle because you can,t afford the new price. A $200 fishing rod or reel can quite often be bought for less than $50–sometimes a lot less. If that sounds too good to be true you are definitely not a garage sale enthusiast. Those are the places to go for great buys on used fishing tackle.
Particularly if you live in an area where there is good fishing you will find lots of good tackle for sale weekly at local garage sales. Get yourself out of bed early on Saturday mornings, get to the sales before the crowd gets there, and you will find amazing buys on used fishing tackle in many sales. Less than $100 will buy you what would cost $500 new if you shop carefully.
Be prepared to make offers to the sellers. Garage sale prices are always negotiable and the experienced buyer always makes a lower offer than the tag price. Fishing tackle boxes full of lures, flies, leaders and assorted items can often be bought for $10 to $20 with contents which would cost hundreds of dollars to buy new. In fact garage sales can be your way to get that top quality tackle which is simply not affordable at the new price. Check out your local garage sales and you will see how true this is.
Hardy Fishing Tackle – Use Cutting Edge Design Technology and the Best Materials For Manufacturing
Hardy Bros started way back in 1872 in Alnwick England by William Hardy, and joined a year later by his brother John. It soon started to produce what many consider to be some of the finest fishing reels in the World, that would endure for a century and more. Hardy fishing reels are made from the finest materials sourced from around the globe, and handcrafted into the finished reel.
The reels are at the forefront of precision engineering, thus making reels that will perform in any circumstances, whether playing a skillful patient trial with a fish, or enduring a long drawn out fight, Hardy’s have the reel and rod to fit the required venue and species. Hardy Bros were always testing and innovative, for instance they were the first to produce ball bearing reels. They incorporated a check mechanism housed inside the reel arbour, once again a first. In 1911 they made the first large arbor reel, this all goes to prove that Hardy Bros were predominant in innovation producing top quality Hardy fishing reels, and other fishing tackle products. If anything went wrong with a reel then it could be returned and rectified often for no cost, all Hardy products are guaranteed.
The heart of Hardy’s product line are their fly reels, one of the most valuable reels on the vintage reel market today is the Original Perfect in the 2 ¼” diameter size, it is the ultimate Hardy collectors reel of which theirs only a few known examples, if you are lucky to have one then you will be sitting on reel worth in excess of £6000, maybe more.
The Perfect was the foundation of the fly line fishing reel, and remained so till a few years ago when production stopped. The original perfect fly fishing reels were made between 1890 – 1892 and the sizes between 2.1/4″ to 5.1/4″, it was based on a new ball bearings concept and fully described and patented in 1888. Then came the traditional perfect between 1892/3 which did retain some of the original features but also had nickel silver pillars, ivory handle.
The 2 1/2″ brass Perfect is great example of their early workmanship. A circular spring checking mechanism demanded exact tolerances and workmanship. The interior detail was finished to the same high standards as the exterior ones. It had an ivorine handle a brass strap protecting the drag adjusting knob.
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Many Hardy fishing reels were produced by Hardy’s over the years, the following just a few:
The Birmingham Half-ebonite 1889-1896
Hercules 1880 – 1904
Original Perfect 1890 – 1891/2
Traditional Perfect 1892/3
Perfect brass faced wide drum 1898 – 1908
Bronzed Crank 1880 – 1909
Hardy Nottingham 1888-1921
Nottingham Silex 1899-1911
Nottingham lever action reel 1912-1922
Silex Major and minor 1923-1952
Super Silex Multiplier 1930-1939
The list just goes on, the Longstone, Farne, Uniqua, St.George, Sea silex, natal, Fortuna etc.
All Hardy fishing reels ever produced have been produced to exacting standards, most were great successes a few flops, nearly all Hardy fishing reels are avidly collected, and exchange hands at ever escalating prices. If you are lucky to get some of the earlier models, especially the original and traditional perfects then keep hold of them, they will be a great investment especially in harder financial times, better than money in the bank.
Where Can I Get Cheap Fishing Tackle?
If you are still buying fishing tackle from your local store then you are wasting a lot of money. I used to buy my tackle from there, until I found that you can buy the same items online for a fraction of the price. It really is ludicrous, but all you are doing is taking out the middle man. You are no longer paying inflated prices to cover the businesses expenses. Instead, you are buying items from someone who sits at home and sells them online. As a result you don’t have to pay as much, and you get good, cheap tackle.
Of course, it’s more than easy enough to purchase gear that isn’t any good. A lot of the poor quality fishing items are sold online and because they are incredibly cheap they get snapped up. I would highly recommend you take the time to look at the user’s reputation for previous sales. You will soon have a good idea when people are saying that the tackle that is being sold has been used multiple times without any issues.
Once you have found a few reliable sellers and tested out their gear first hand you shouldn’t have any issues buying from them again and again. I have purchased a few full set ups including rods, reels and fishing line for under 25 dollars with postage on top. If you haven’t tried buying fishing tackle online then look at eBay, Amazon and other fishing online stores. You will find that eBay is always the cheapest, but not always the best quality items. If you learn to bid at the last few seconds then you will always win as well as paying considerably less for the item than if you had bid earlier.
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