One to be restored

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Ljm183
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Re: One to be restored

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JohnH Thanks again :Hat:

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Coral Maestro
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Re: One to be restored

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Here's a reprint of "The Monarch of the Thames" by Warren Hastings:

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and an advert within pertaining to the rod in question:

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and an example of the rod in question which I think has been restored at some stage in it's life:

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I think the rod would be fine for chub and small barbel but would be somewhat undergunned for the bigger barbel that live in the Thames nowadays.
What do they know of fishing who know only one fish and one way to fish for him?
- Jack Hargreaves.

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