[Mike Barrio]

Websites have pretty much replaced fly fishing tackle catalogues nowadays.

Classic fishing catalogues - have you got any stashed away?

[Mike Barrio]

The Sparton Fishing Tackle Catalogue ( trade version ) ..... Steve Parton knew how to write a catalogue 

[Duncan McRae]

I've kept most of my old catalogues.
It's so interesting looking back.
Here's one i found amongst my father's fishing stuff.





Duncan

[Ivor Duffus]

Some cracking dry flys in that page Duncan. Amazing how effective that old style dry flys worked when we were fishing back in the 70/80s just coat them in mucilin. Cover a feeding Trout and they mostly took them.

Strange how it’s changed so much 

Wonder if that badger spider was modified to the yellow badger parachute that was a great fly back in the days when trout broke the surface to take a floating fly coated in mucilin.


Ivor

[Mike Barrio]

Nice one Duncan 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Mike,

I loved the Spartan catalogue. I used to bulk buy all my sprite hooks and materials from Steve back in the day when I was tying for shops. Great guy with a wicked sense of humour. Great shame he was taken so young.

Eddie

[Mike Barrio]

Couldn't agree more Eddie, Steve was always fun to speak to, and not too shabby on the harmonica either!

I wonder what Mr Trigg is doing nowadays, he used to make things like the rod bags and tubes.

Cheers
Mike