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All roads lead to Redditch the spiritual home of vintage and antique fishing tackle for Sundayโ€™s National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair. The fair has been running since 1995 making it one of the longest running specialist vintage and antiques fairs in the country. As always all stalls are sold and the day promises to be a riot of a gathering, a joyful coming together of dealers, collectors, speculative sellers, the curious and the wider trade. All details are on the flyer above printed by master of ink Martin Clark @tilley_printing. I will be on the door, there is a tea bar selling hot confections, ample parking and a warm a friendly Midlands welcome. Whether you collect old tackle or deal in other areas and want to pick up monumental artworks or Georgian & Victorian smalls this is a fair never to be missed.
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Opening day for us up in Derbyshire. Brilliant event put on by Jan for the Peacock fly fishing club. Great to see friends old and new. Tight lines for the 2026 season, that PB trout is just around the corner #flyfishing #fishing #trout
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Trumpets sound for all those magnificent souls who made Sundayโ€™s National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair a riot from stallholders old and new and all the autumn travellers who came through the gate from far and wide. It was a joy. The next edition of the fair takes place on Sunday 10th May 2026 when the get together will be in its 31st year. I look forward to your good company. If you want to go on the waiting list for a stall please send me a DM. New stallholders are always welcome, there are normally a handful at every fair and they are an essential ingredient of a good one.
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The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair in Redditch is only three weeks today on Sunday 16th November at The Abbey Stadium Sports Centre. All stalls are taken and weโ€™re looking forward to a big turn out on the gate. Quite a few new stallholders for this one along with regulars of nearly thirty years. In the meantime all enquiries to me on 07980 274383.
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๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ” ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’“, ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’˜๐’ _____________________________________________ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ-๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”.
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๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐š _____________________________________________ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š.
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๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐จ. __________________________________ ๐ˆ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง. ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐š ๐๐ซ๐ฒ-๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐€๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ.
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Couple of hours on my home stream with a beautiful โ€˜prototypeโ€™ small stream net by Arfield French and the incredible Ijuin Yomogi 663. #smallstreamglass #glassflyrods #bespokeflyrodbuilds #wildbrowntrout #dryflyfishing
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Come join us for a night to talk all things mayfly at Mallon and Green in Bakewell on Thursday, 5th June. Iโ€™ll be speaking with guests about the hatch, get some fishing tips and catch up with friends old and new. Weโ€™ll be there from 6pm to 8pm along with drinks and food. See you there!
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Aaaand weโ€™re away! ๐ŸŽฃ Today marks the start of the 2025 trout season on the @thepeacockflyfishingclub waters. Officially kicked off by @peterarfield casting a dry fly on the Derbyshire Wye. Thanks to Jan and all involved for a great event, showcasing the talent, passion and community of this club. With only limited time, we quickly jumped in the Derwent for a few casts with @dav.sear rising a couple of fish but sadly none to the net. Tight lines everyone and cheers to a great 2025 season โœŒ๏ธ #peakanglers #flyfishing #fishthewild
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Episode 264 with Peter Arfield I catch up with Peter to talk about a wide range of subjects that he answers in his own, inimitable and humorous way. He talls me about how he first started fishing the Wye in Derbyshire and the lessons he learnt while observing the trout in the clear water. We talk casting and why he decided to take a qualification and the impact it had on his fishing. Many will know of his tackle shop that was in Bakewell and I learn how it started and the challenges he faced. Please forgive the slight issues with sound that I hope donโ€™t detract from an interesting and amusing interview. Free to download and enjoy! Just click link in bio to listen or find via your usual podcast provider. . . . . . #flyculturepodcast #flyfishingpodcast #fishingpodcast #dyflies #bamboorods #riverwye #flyfishingguide
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Trumpets sound for all stallholders and visitors to yesterdayโ€™s National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair which was sold out in terms of stalls and had the highest gate in six years producing a brilliantly convivial and joyous atmosphere. Thanks must also go to our sponsors Angling Auctions @neilfreeman999 and our most hospitable hosts the good folk at The Abbey Stadium. The NEXT National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair takes place on Sunday 11th May 2025. Flyer printed by the mighty Martin Clark @tilley_printing. All enquiries about the fair to the mobile above.
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