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« **Reply #50 on:** 06/02/2011 at 08:31 »

Youngs?

« **Reply #51 on:** 06/02/2011 at 10:23 »

J W Youngs would have been my first guess too but I thought there were three sons

I dunno, I might think about this some more

H

« **Reply #52 on:** 06/02/2011 at 12:02 »

Not Youngs , but they were famous in their time . The reels are very collectable nowadays .

« **Reply #53 on:** 06/02/2011 at 12:09 »

So it's not Hardy Brothers and Farlows either..... hmmmmmm.

Tricky.

American perhaps

H

« **Reply #54 on:** 06/02/2011 at 12:10 »

You are on the right track..............

« **Reply #55 on:** 06/02/2011 at 15:33 »

I will have a guess at Orvis as they were the forerunners of mail order.

Jim

« **Reply #56 on:** 06/02/2011 at 17:18 »

Interesting, I thought of Orvis but decided that the phrase 'a postal will bring' is a bit 'old school' even by American standards and as their (Orvis) mail order growth only really happened after the Perkins family took over I guessed Orvis was a non-starter..... hmmmm

I thought it might be Bogdan, Charlton or Thomas & Thomas, but the only one of those companies had brothers (T&T).

I'm stumped

H

« **Reply #57 on:** 06/02/2011 at 19:21 »

' The Postal will bring it ', referred to their catalogue .

Famous - on par with Hardy . If I had a sackful of the reels I would be rich .

« **Reply #58 on:** 06/02/2011 at 19:42 »

I'm stumped on this one too ...... Vom Hofe?

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #59 on:** 06/02/2011 at 19:47 »

Only one I can think of on a par with Hardy would be Abel Reels started by Steve Abel in 1987.

Alex

« **Reply #60 on:** 06/02/2011 at 19:52 »

Correct Mike - Edward Vom Hofe. If you come across one at a car boot sale buy it .

« **Reply #61 on:** 06/02/2011 at 19:55 »

Look at these beauties ..............

http://www.fowlerperiod.com/reels_09.html

« **Reply #62 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:03 »

Well done Pete that was a good question , got us all thinking, and well done to Mike for geting the correct answer

Jim

« **Reply #63 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:16 »

Quote from: singingpete on 06/02/2011 at 19:52

Correct Mike - Edward Vom Hofe. If you come across one at a car boot sale buy it .

Must confess that I had to have a look through some of my books to come up with that one

OK, next question ...... What is the metal joining piece of a bamboo / cane fly rod called?

Checks
Mike

« **Reply #64 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:27 »

Mike do you mean split cane

is it a spigot ferrule ?

Jim

« **Reply #65 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:29 »

Great stuff Jim .... over to you

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #66 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:33 »

What is the literal translation of the Japanese fly fishhing method know as Tenkara ?

Jim

« **Reply #67 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:35 »

from Heaven or from the skies

looked it up after seeing a tenkara fly by a young tyer on this very site

« **Reply #68 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:37 »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkara

I was thinking about cheating!!

« **Reply #69 on:** 06/02/2011 at 20:40 »

Correct Peter

Goodness this is a great thread for expanding our general knowledge , pity fly fishing questions never come up in pub quizzes

Jim

« **Reply #70 on:** 06/02/2011 at 21:00 »

Ok. Here goes!!

Who invented the 'Gentile' fly & what unusual sizes did he tie them in??

« **Reply #71 on:** 07/02/2011 at 19:42 »

Quote from: rabbitangler on 06/02/2011 at 21:00

Ok. Here goes!!

Who invented the 'Gentile' fly & what unusual sizes did he tie them in??

Stumped ..... No idea

« **Reply #72 on:** 07/02/2011 at 23:18 »

Hi All,
T C Ivens.

« **Reply #73 on:** 07/02/2011 at 23:32 »

Hi ,
Assuming that I was correct.

Who originally invented the "Cul de Canard " in the late 1950's .

Clue: He was French .

Paul.

« **Reply #74 on:** 07/02/2011 at 23:40 »

Hi Pete,
Incomplete answer to yours , sorry . 16 - 11 . A maggot imitation. Very good on the Urie !!
Paul.