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Allan Liddle

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #50 on: 06/02/2011 at 08:31 »
Youngs?
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Hamish Young

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« 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  :wink

H  :z3
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Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #52 on: 06/02/2011 at 12:02 »
Not Youngs , but they were famous in their time .  The reels are very collectable nowadays .
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #53 on: 06/02/2011 at 12:09 »
So it's not Hardy Brothers and Farlows either..... hmmmmmm.

Tricky.

American perhaps :?

H  :z3
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Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #54 on: 06/02/2011 at 12:10 »
You are on the right track..............
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Jim Eddie

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« Reply #55 on: 06/02/2011 at 15:33 »
I will have a guess at Orvis as they were the forerunners of mail order.

 :z18

Jim
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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  :z6

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

I'm stumped :shock

H  :z3

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Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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 .
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Mike Barrio

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #58 on: 06/02/2011 at 19:42 »
I'm stumped on this one too ...... Vom Hofe?

Cheers
Mike
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Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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
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Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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 .


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Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #61 on: 06/02/2011 at 19:55 »
Look at these beauties ..............

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

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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  :z16

 :z18

Jim
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Mike Barrio

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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 :oops

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

Checks
Mike
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Jim Eddie

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« Reply #64 on: 06/02/2011 at 20:27 »
Mike do you mean split cane  :z4 is it a spigot ferrule ?

 :z18

Jim
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Mike Barrio

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #65 on: 06/02/2011 at 20:29 »
Great stuff Jim .... over to you :z16

Cheers
Mike
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #66 on: 06/02/2011 at 20:33 »
What is the literal translation of the Japanese fly fishhing method know as Tenkara ?

 :z18

Jim
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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
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Bronzebommer

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #68 on: 06/02/2011 at 20:37 »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkara

I was thinking about cheating!!  :oops
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #69 on: 06/02/2011 at 20:40 »
Correct Peter  :z16 Goodness this is a great thread for expanding our general knowledge , pity fly fishing questions never come up in pub quizzes  :cool:

 :z18

Jim
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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??
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Mike Barrio

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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 :z8
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Paul Rankine

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #72 on: 07/02/2011 at 23:18 »

 Hi All,
            T C Ivens.

:-)
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Paul Rankine

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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.

       
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Paul Rankine

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« 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.

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