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Retro Fly Reel

Vintage Hardy Perfect Trout Fly Fishing Reel 3 3/8
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect Trout fly fishing reel, A good Hardy Perfect trout fly reel with ebonite handle
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1970s English Retro Fly Reel

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Aluminum

Vintage Allcock Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
handle with universal brass reel ring fittings and burgundy close whipping.
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1960s British Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Untangling a Fly from the Tree
By Harvey Eckert
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate depiction of a fly fisherman by Harvey Eckert (American, 1946-2018). Signed in the lower
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1980s American Modern Retro Fly Reel

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Watercolor, Paper

The Fly Fisherman, Figurative Landscape Watercolor
By Harvey Eckert
Located in Soquel, CA
published by Trout Unlimited, Fly Fisherman, Rod and Reel. Eckert passed away in 2018.
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1980s American Modern Retro Fly Reel

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Watercolor, Paper

Pezon Et Michel Parabolic Split Cane Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A fine split cane trout fly fishing rod, Pezon et Michel Parabolic Speciale Normale. The rod is a
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1970s French Retro Fly Reel

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Cane

Vintage Split Cane Trout Fishing Rod by Pezon Et Michel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
cane trout fly fishing rod with alloy screw reel fitting, cork handle, scarlet silk whippings, open
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1960s French Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

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Antique Trout Fishing Prints, Set of Three Photogravures.
By Douglas Adams
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Three trout fishing pictures By Douglas Adams. Set of three individually framed fishing scenes by Douglas Adams. The three photogravures are in new frames and titled Trout Fishing, ...
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1880s British Sporting Art Retro Fly Reel

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Paper

Japanese Antique Small Wooden Drawer / 1865-1868 / Late Edo Period / Storage Box
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small Japanese wooden drawer. I think it's a drawer that was used in shops and other places where small tools were put. The handle is made of iron. It is a cool drawer...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Retro Fly Reel

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Cedar

Japanese Antique Black Storage Box 1800s-1860s / Drawer Tansu Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old storage box made in Japan. This furniture is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s). It is made of paulownia wood. It has been smoked black. The soot has piled up and made this ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Retro Fly Reel

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Wood

Untitled (Smoke Tree; Palm Springs), c. 1930
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance On consignment with the gallery from a Pasadena, California corporate collection. The painting was displayed at Mutual Savings and Loan on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. A 19...
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1930s Realist Retro Fly Reel

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Oil, Canvas

Split Cane Bamboo Console Table mid-century modern style
Located in Oxford, GB
Split cane bamboo console table with recessed cerused mahogany feet. We have an exceptional Mid-century modern stvle. "console table" this architectural style, piece of functional ar...
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2010s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Retro Fly Reel

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Composition

French Lacquer Glove Box in the Japanese Taste, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
French black lacquered papier mache glove box with hinged lid decorated in polychrome with scenes of a Japanese market. Red lacquered interior. France, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Retro Fly Reel

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Lacquer, Paper

Fisherman & his Catch
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Inuit carvings, created by the Inuit people living in or near the Arctic Circle, are a kind of sculpture (done with bone, ivory, wood or stone) depicting their traditional way of lif...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Retro Fly Reel

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Stone

Fisherman & his Catch
Fisherman & his Catch
H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3 in
"Rainbow Trout, " Oil painting Featuring a rainbow trout
By Morgan Cameron
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Rainbow Trout” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a swimming rainbow trout. This painting is unframed, but ready to hang. About the artist: I ...
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2010s Realist Retro Fly Reel

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Oil, Panel

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lobulated Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper trinket box with floral cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. The box has a lobulated round shape. There is a figurative finial on the l...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Retro Fly Reel

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Copper, Enamel

Vintage 1920s Black Japanned Dry Fly Fishing Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage black Japanned dry fly fishing box. A black japanned tin fly box with cream interior and four compartments with transparent celluloid lids so that the flies inside may be se...
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1920s English Retro Fly Reel

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Tin

A Rare 19th Century Camphor Wood Brass Bound Trunk
Located in Dublin, IE
A rare 19th Century finely hand carved and richly patinated camphor wood trunk of exceptional quality, in original condition and brass bound throughout. The well figured moulded top...
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19th Century English Retro Fly Reel

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Brass

French Tole and Glass Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
French tole and glass lantern dating to 19th century. Four-sided iron frame, tole top and glass paneled sides. Not wired for electricity, but can be wired, or fitted for usage with g...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Retro Fly Reel

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Iron, Tin

French Tole and Glass Lantern
French Tole and Glass Lantern
H 28 in W 12.5 in D 12.75 in
Vintage Vase White Face Bisque Porcelain Kaiser West Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bastogne, BE
White textured matte glaze and gloss inside. 
Manufactured by AK Kaiser, West Germany, in 1970s Marks:
 AK Kaiser Germany. A true example of grace and elegant style from the best ...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Retro Fly Reel

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Porcelain

Trout Fly Fishing Reel, Hardy Perfect
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Trout Fly Fishing Reel, Hardy Perfect 3 1/8". A good Hardy Perfect Trout fly reel with ivorine handle, agate line guard, brass foot, rim tension screw and check mechanism. The revol...
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1920s English Retro Fly Reel

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Aluminum

Martha Reed, (Fishing)
By Martha Reed
Located in New York, NY
Martha Reed was the daughter of the artist Doel Reed and as an adult she joined her parents in Taos, New Mexico. There she designed clothes with a south-western aesthetic and had a s...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Fly Reel

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Linocut

Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Natsume in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered tea caddy (known as Natsume) with fine Maki-e decoration circa 18-19th century Edo to Meiji period. The large-sized natsume with a fitted lid, sometimes also cal...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Retro Fly Reel

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Wood, Lacquer

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Hardy “Pall Mall Centenary” Rod and Reel Set
Located in Stratford upon Avon, GB
“Perfect Dry” fly reel known as the “Houghton”, mounted within a rosewood chest with plaque (together with
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Late 20th Century English Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Hardy Perfect Trout Fly Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good Hardy Perfect trout fly reel with ebonite handle, alloy foot, white agate line guide and rim
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Late 20th Century British Retro Fly Reel

St George Fly Fishing Reel by Hardy Bros
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St George fly fishing reel by Hardy Bros. This is a Hardy 'Saint George' alloy trout fly reel, it
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1950s English Retro Fly Reel

Materials

Aluminum

David Rockefeller Family Fly Fishing "Reel and Fly" Collection & Seamen's Chest
Located in South Burlington, VT
David Rockefeller signed family trout and salmon fly fishing "Reel and Fly" collection. Provenance
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Late 20th Century American Retro Fly Reel

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Metal

Treasury of Reels the Fishing Reel Collection, Limited Edition 81/100
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
A Treasury of Reels: The Fishing Reel Collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, Limited
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1990s Retro Fly Reel

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Paper

Split Cane Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A split cane two-piece trout fly fishing rod in excellent original condition with blue canvas bag
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Mid-20th Century British Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Split Cane Fly Fishing Rod
Split Cane Fly Fishing Rod
H 103.15 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Scottie Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A fine Sharpe's of Aberdeen 9', two-piece impregnated split cane trout fly rod, the Scottie. The
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1960s Scottish Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Scottie Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Scottie Trout Fly Fishing Rod
H 107.49 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Vintage Hardy Hollolight Hollokona Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy trout fly fishing rod, 'The Hollolight'. A fine 9ft, 3 piece split cane fly fishing
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1960s English Retro Fly Reel

Materials

Cane

Vintage Hardy Fly Fishing Rod, the 'Halford Knockabout', circa 1960, Split Cane
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
screw reel fitting and cork handle. It has a reversible butt spear and the alloy reel ring has Hardy's
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1960s English Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Vintage Fly Fishing Rod by Fosters 'The England's Favourite' Split Cane
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
, fixed screw reel grip with a cork covered housing and 7' handle with a reversible butt spear. The butt
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1960s English Sporting Art Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Vintage Three-Piece Hardy Trout Fly Rod, The 'C.C. de France'.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage three-piece Hardy Trout Fly rod, The 'C.C. de France'. The Hardy 'C.C. de France' is a
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1950s English Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Split Cane Brook Rod 'The Merlin'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Trout fly fishing rod, The Merlin. A fine 6ft, 2 piece split cane trout fly rod, The Merlin by
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Mid-20th Century Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Split Cane Brook Rod 'The Merlin'
Split Cane Brook Rod 'The Merlin'
H 72.45 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Hardy 'Phantom' Split Cane Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy fly fishing rod, the 'Phantom'. The Hardy 'Phantom' is a split cane Palakona 2-piece
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1960s English Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

Hardy 'Phantom' Split Cane Rod
Hardy 'Phantom' Split Cane Rod
H 120.08 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Printers Tray with Fishing Display
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
lighweight Hardy reel, house of Hardy cloth label, rod stoppers, lures and flies. There are also lead pellets
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Fly Reel

Materials

Wood

Printers Tray with Fishing Display
Printers Tray with Fishing Display
H 14.57 in W 32.68 in D 1.78 in
Hardy Fishing Rod, "The Wye"
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy 'The Wye' Palakona salmon fishing rod. A fine double-handed salmon fly fishing rod by Hardy
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1950s English Retro Fly Reel

Hardy Fishing Rod, "The Wye"
Hardy Fishing Rod, "The Wye"
H 110.04 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Mr. Pryce-Tannatt's Personal Fishing Reel, Trout Fishing Reel, Hardy St. George
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pryce-Tannatt's personal fishing reel. This is a Hardy St. George alloy trout fly reel, it has a
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Fly Reel

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Aluminum

Vintage Pezon Et Michel Ritz Super Parabolic Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good split cane trout fly fishing rod, Pezon et Michel Ritz Super Parabolic. A two piece rod, 8ft
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1970s French Retro Fly Reel

Materials

Cane

Vintage Trout Fishing Rod, Split Cane, Scottie
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Sharpe, Trout Fly Fishing Rod, "The Scottie". A fine J.S. Sharpe's of Aberdeen 9'6", 2-piece
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1970s British Retro Fly Reel

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Bamboo

"Redheads" - Original Watercolor and Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Press, Univ. of Illinois Press, Safari Press, Lyons Press, Fly Rod and Reel, Sporting Classics, and Wild
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Retro Fly Reel

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Etching, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Hardy fly reels are made in Alnwick, England. William Hardy started selling angling equipment in Alnwick in 1874, and grew into developing exceptional tackle, giving this company an extensive history. On 1stDibs, find an array of Hardy fly reels from top sellers.

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