Rare TONY CROFT of Christchurch Bespoke Built 5 piece Travel Barbel Rod Nautilus fly fishing reel. A Hardy Bros traditional priest

A Hardy Bros traditional priest brass head stamped with makers details and a turned rosewood handle with a leather thong

Penfold in 1964 who was a good friend of Bob Southwell and certainly knew how to build a rod as this is a three piece 12ft whole cane butt and middle section with a built cane tip with intermediate whippings

Its a high quality pocket knife made by BUTLER & Co of SHEFFIELD Who also made quality knives for HARDY BROS ETC

Brand new Hardy Sintrix 9ft #10 line

Rare TONY CROFT of Christchurch Bespoke Built 5 piece Travel Barbel Rod Nautilus fly fishing reel. A Hardy Bros traditional priestIn good condition this rod was bespoke made a one off build by Christchurch Rod builder TONY CROFT Who later became Norco Rods, this was probably one of the first five piece travel carp rod to be made, from Carbon with purple silk whipping , Fuji rings, a 10ft rod with around a 2lb+ TC, cork handle with a screw down reel seat. A commissioned built rod with great concept that was obviously before its time as we now see a big demand for five piece