HP 7 3.75" Dup ll

HP 7 3.75" Dup ll a fine reel, 1930s, excellent patina, 100% lovely! £400

HP 41 3.75" almost new.

 HP 41 3.75" almost new. Say no more!  Lovely example, without lineguard. £420

HP 3 4" 1970s, barely used with lineguard

HP 3  4" 1970s, barely used,  with lineguard    £450

HP 9 3 3.75" 1970s

HP 9 3 3.75" 1970s  really solid and well made with nickel silver revolving line guard, ribbed brass foot, normal wear, no drops or dings! for  salmon and sea trout. £360

HP 25 3 3/8 Dupll Agate   

another 30s example with exquisite agate line guard in perfect condition £325

HP 21 3 1/8" Duplicated ll Very fine example of a 30s reel. Dup ll means it has a a second uplicated check inside as a spare. £290

1. HP42  3 3/8"Perfect. Here's a good useable one to start with and a good all round size... with an agate line guard in excellent shape. Classic lines and a sweet sounding check with a spare pawl inside. There's a line on it which might suit your rod, try it and see. £280

Around 1890, Forster Hardy, one of the 5 Hardy brothers, patented a cunning new fly reel which incorporated ball bearings to make it run smoother than any other contemporary reels. It seemed the perfect solution and so the Hardy Perfect started a career which lasted many variations and sizes for almost a century, to be reintroduced owing to popular demand, a few years later.

Without doubt, The House of Hardy is the most famous name in fishing throughout the World.
The earliest models are extremely scarce and desirable, many, especially early alloy models broke on the river bank, heaven knows where the rest have gone.

Collectors are notorious for hanging on to their tackle, and the chances of finding one in an antique shop or a car boot are becoming less and less. Demand has increasingly exceeded supply and every year values of the many variations have gone upwards, recently collectors from Russia have piled in, and the international market expands from Japan to the United States.

There are other Hardy reels to collect in due course, but for a start the Perfect remains the flagship, and you can buy into this famous marque, and use it, for far less than the cost of a new model, which is now made in the Far East.

Hardy Perfect Fly Reels, traditional and best for over 100 years!




Perfect family, old, and not so new!

 

When you can no longer look to a bull market to invest your money with confidence, perhaps it's time to think about investing some of it in fishing tackle.

 Its a joy to own and may well bring back memories of early less fraught times, and unlike a share certificate, it has practical and aesthetic appeal. A pleasure to use too - beat the breeze with a bit of history!

With rates for savings so low, there's a fair chance your investment will have appreciated if you need to sell it, and if you don't, it'll be a pleasure to rattle your tackle, maybe take it for a spin on a sunny day, admire the superb workmanship on a gloomy winter's evening, and perhaps like many you'll add to your collection ....and eventually hand it down to the next lucky custodian of a lovely piece hand made British crafsmanship which reflects the sporting heritage of days gone by!

...and again, it's far far more interesting than a share certificate!

....best fishes, Megabite.


For some time now, Hardy has been producing beautiful replicas of earlier models in Limited Editions.





We're the Brass faced Perfects, produced 1895-1910.