Are the Hardy Aero fly's worth much ? I found one in a box of old fly's that I bought. regards,steve
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 Northumberland |
Amazing collection | #101 | ||
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Posts: 848 07/12/2009 16:33 |
Northumberland wrote: Depends on size and condition. A large one in super shape can bring decent money while a small one that is moth eaten will not have much value. Dean. |
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Short Tip |
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Posts: 1189 07/12/2009 19:22 Moderator |
Most of the stuff has found new homes with others, but every now and then I find a box with more junk!
Beautiful Michael Simon (Afgantrout) print, the art work for the VA Brook Trout license plate. Waistcoat dry fly oiler Fly tin from cook, Newton and Smith Fre-Line bass bug from Colorado - pretty rare. Lollacapop tin - mercifully empty An early Cortland 333 flyline, once the property of Luis Marden (his little name label is on there....) 
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 uppercreek |
Cool Fly Box | #104 | ||
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Posts: 337 07/18/2009 22:57 |
This is one of my favorite threads! Here's a cool fly box from Rubin's Sport Shop in Lewistown, PA, about 50 miles SW from where I live. It is made of
celluloid and imitation leather - think it dates back to the 30's and maybe earlier (faux leather became widely used around 1927) - what do you think?
Check out the little cork stoppered vial to hold your natural! - Kevin
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enigma309 |
Cool fly box 2 . . | #105 | ||
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Posts: 748 07/19/2009 07:54 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
Found this one a while ago and it rapidly became my favourite (6" x 3 1/2" x 2")(any idea what the box was originally made for?)
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Northumberland |
Leather box | #106 | ||
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Posts: 17 07/19/2009 09:20 |
It looks to me like a gentlemans case for shirt collars and cufflinks. The collar studs would be held in the semicircular insert in the case lid.
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Posts: 401 07/20/2009 17:21 |
Enigma,
Neil Patterson describes a box just like that in "Chalkstream Chronicle" that he uses for a portable fly tying kit. He says it was an old collar/tab box from the days when men got their collars and shirts back from the laundry separately. -CC |
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Posts: 5 07/21/2009 07:40 |
I have the first two years of Trout Unlimited Quarterly in mint shape! Pretty cool since I was born and raised in Michigan. Here is a picture of the cover of
the very first issue.
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mhackney |
Walton's Engine | #109 | ||
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Posts: 11 07/27/2009 20:50 |
Here is my submission to this great topic, a Walton's Engine that I made. Darrel Martin describes these in his book "The Fly-Fisher's Craft: The
Art and History". I made this one by studying the reproduction in the book, several woodcuts, and photographs of antique engines. These are useful for
making horse hair fly lines, furling leaders and twisting gut for Atlantic Salmon flies.
 
cheers, Michael
My fly fishing, rod building, fly tying and reel building blog: EclecticGuy
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Posts: 855 07/30/2009 09:00 |
Nice work !
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Posts: 1221 08/05/2009 09:31 Moderator |
Michael - Wow! That's one of the neatest things I've seen in a while.
"When all the rods and a lot of reels, lines, leader boxes, et cetera, had been sold, the gang paid at the cashier's
window for what they'd bought and then made a bee line for the rug room to test their rods. I put mine together, tested it for a moment or so, and then
started to show it to men I knew. Not a man was interested in my rod. They all, without a single exception, tried to get me to look at theirs. Extraordinary,
how self centered most men are. Have you noticed it? "
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reelsmith |
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Posts: 906 10/04/2009 21:26 |
Dean. |
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Posts: 1096 10/05/2009 07:51 |
"Now where did I leave that damn bottle of leader soak?
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quashnet |
Not a bottle... | #114 | ||
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Posts: 2816 10/05/2009 16:30 Moderatus Muscae |
Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of490 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories,
etc. Thank you to all who continue to send me PHY rod photos and info.
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Posts: 908 10/05/2009 16:42 |
Oh man ...you are killin' me! I've have got to find one of those!
Thanks for expanding my horizons ...I've never seen that before. Very cool. Dean. |
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Hap |
Arne Mason silk fly line box. | #116 | ||
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Posts: 89 10/06/2009 19:38 |
These silk fly line boxes were sold with Christian Baillard silk fly lines in the late 1990,s.
  
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Flyman615 |
Fye Box | #117 | ||
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Posts: 3429 10/07/2009 22:34 |
Fellow Gadgeteers:
I've been looking for and finally found an original, early Fye fly box circa 1950. It's a very lightweight, 2-tray version and in excellent, original condition. The "Pat. Pend." box is marked with the Fye fly logo and "Hollidaysburg, PA" I intend to return it to honorable service!
Regards,
Flyman 
"There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire and a Zamboni clearing the ice."-Charlie Brown |
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Posts: 914 10/24/2009 15:34 |
Neat stuff guys ...keep it coming !
I started off the week with no gut cutters in my collection. Now I have four of the five I know of ... 
From top to bottom: Olson's, Paul H. Young, "Made in England" Rd. No. 667037 and Ogden Smith's "The Test", which is simply the
previous cutter with different markings. The only other vintage gut cutter I know of is the Hardy "Curate", which is simply the front half of the
Curate with the big handle.
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reelsmith |
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Posts: 945 11/22/2009 13:25 |
Here are this month's additions. The bottle in the middle is a super early fly dope bottle. The bottle on the right holds tournament casting line and
the metal lipstick looking thing is a Hardy Joint Lubricator.
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Posts: 40 11/23/2009 22:39 |
reelsmith wrote: reelsmith your, collection is... man... I don't have the enough adjectives in my head to adequately praise it. But I have to tell you when I scrolled down past these images I kept waiting for the pipe, the box is in wonderful condition and an incredible find, but the lead off and the slightly opened top... then... then... no pipe. great stuff thanks to you and everyone else for posting...
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