Roger Still
I have been collecting and appraising tackle since the 1970’s with a particular interest in brass reels, Aerial reels and anything made by Hardy.
If you have any pre 1960’s tackle that you wish to sell or trade please contact me.
I always have reels, rods, lures and other tackle available for trade or sale, let me know what you’re looking for.
Specifically required and paying top prices for the following;
All HARDY tackle pre 1960’s, I can generally match or exceed achieved auction prices for most of the scarce or rare Hardy fly reels in top condition such as:
• Hardy all brass Perfects, 1st model, transitional, brass face Perfects (usually with rod in hand trademark)
• Special order uncatalogued reels, especially Perfect variants
• Other models like; Barton, Bougle, Cascapedia, St. Georges (esp red agate line guard models), Fortuna fly, Davy, Hercules, Birmingham style, Field, Auxillary brake models, Tournament fly or casting
• All other older Hardy reels; Silex, Jock Scott, Fortuna, Zane Grey, Alma, Pomeroy, White Wickham, Longstone, Silex multipliers, Silex Rex etc etc
Of special interest also:
• Allcock Aerial reels, Illingworth casting reels, Chippendale by Miller of Leeds both multiplying or single action, Anything by Percy Wadham or Slater of Newark
• Older brass reels named or unnamed including clamp or spike fitting winches
• Ancient brass by Ustonson, Barth, Herro, Higginbotham, Aldred, Alfred, Blacker, Dann, Evatt, J.K.Farlow, Kirby, Little, Tanner and lots more
• Any tackle from exhibition or presentation, such as 1851 Great Exhibition, 1883 Fisheries Exhibition, including silver or silver plated reels/rods
• Old lures and baits, especially anything by GREGORY such as Cleopatra, Wheeldon, Acme, Buckingham, Paragon, Windsor Bee, Maybug, Gresham, Colorado etc
• Old gut eye salmon flies
• Fly cabinets such as Unique and Roxborough by Hardy Brothers.
• Carved painted fish from the Fochabers studio , Hardy , Farlow and Malloch
• Cased fish by Cooper, Homer, Malloch and others
• Anything old of quality
I look forward to hearing from you!
Roger Still, tackle appraiser





About me.
I have been fishing since the age of four, some of the fish I have caught.
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