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 Dec 7 2004, 11:05 PM
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Anyone collect it?
I was, as anglers do, poking round an angling shop today. Wherhay, what do we have here?! A Winfield Shanny and a Swedish made ABU Ellips! For only two quid!! Thanks Tackle Turkey!! The Shanny was an ABU Toby look-a-like dating back to the 60's. The ABU Toby was king back then & Woolies jumped on the band wagon with a pretty convincing copy. ABU, predictably, sued Woolies. It was about that time that Woolies stopped selling fishing tackle. I often wonder if the ABU court case was a deciding factor. Another bit of pointless junk for my wall!! -------------------- PETER
 http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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Dec 8 2004, 12:00 AM
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Now that brings back memories of my childhood days buying Winfield tackle in Wolverhampton.
 I can remember it as if it was yesterday.
-------------------- Check out my weekly Angling Journal at.....Stewart Bloor's Angling Journal
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Dec 8 2004, 12:24 AM
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They did some good rods, the blanks were excellent ( for their day ) but the fitting were poor. A quick re-whip with new rings and bingo!
-------------------- Andrew Boyd
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Dec 8 2004, 12:30 AM
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 AN Resident Contrarian Group: Members Posts: 18,810 Joined: 18-September 01 From: farnham surrey Member No.: 1,265 |
the boat multiplyers were good ,i still have an international 50 ,i wish i could find out who made them after 20 years the handles getting a bit loose
 as you can see the only bit of corrosion is in the screw heads where 20 years of annual stripdown has taken of the plating,the handles loose as the pin that holds the plastic finger bit has come loose on the crank [ 07. December 2004, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ] -------------------- |
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Dec 8 2004, 01:01 AM
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Sure I heard recently that they had plans to sell tackle again, can't find anything on the Net though....
Jim. |
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Dec 8 2004, 02:22 AM
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Chester would that reel be an early Ryobi, it looks like it.
-------------------- A wise man learns by a fools mistakes, a fool by his own
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Dec 8 2004, 02:26 AM
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AN Resident Contrarian Group: Members Posts: 18,810 Joined: 18-September 01 From: farnham surrey Member No.: 1,265 |
also looks penn ish,the chrome is excellant cant have been a cheap import sold dear
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Dec 8 2004, 03:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,667 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Redcar Cleveland Member No.: 5,801 |
the reason that people say that winfield tackle was good ( yes I bought plenty of it and I still have a few packets of their flies) is because it was Shakespeare tackle sold under woolies own brand and at a lower price than equivelant Shakespeare gear. The tackle trade as I understand it were not too pleased about the deal at the time as woolies were selling rods and reels for less than tackle dealers could buy them from Shakespeare
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Dec 8 2004, 03:20 AM
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AN Resident Contrarian Group: Members Posts: 18,810 Joined: 18-September 01 From: farnham surrey Member No.: 1,265 |
doesent look shakespeary
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Dec 8 2004, 04:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11,424 Joined: 26-September 00 From: East Anglia/Norfolk Broads Member No.: 364 |
Coincidently I was also told that it was Shakespeare.
-------------------- PETER
http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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