Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
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Mark
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Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Late last week I managed to find and purchase 1959 Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version, 8 foot in length and in lovely condition. It should be delivered tomorrow so at some point I shall upload a few pictures and hopefully at the weekend put a slight bend in it.
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Excellent, Sir ... looking forward to seeing the pics.
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Looking forward to the pics Mark, particularly since I have no idea what this is :think:
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
First trip out with a seven foot Wanless 6lb yesterday.Managed six perch and a rudd!.All on Mepps Aglia spinners.It was a most enjoyable evening.Took a light shoulder bag,net,rod and reel.Oh the reel was a Hardy Altex No 2 a little on the large size for the rod i thought.The combination worked very well though.
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Wanless 6lb is one of my favourite rods for fishing small streams and rivers for chub and perch.champ wrote:First trip out with a seven foot Wanless 6lb yesterday.Managed six perch and a rudd!.All on Mepps Aglia spinners.It was a most enjoyable evening.Took a light shoulder bag,net,rod and reel.Oh the reel was a Hardy Altex No 2 a little on the large size for the rod i thought.The combination worked very well though.
I once had a 4lb barbel on in fast water and only just got it in as it has no backbone whatsoever!
Used my 9/10lb Wanless for extreme stalking at Redmire this week it being 6' 10" It allows you to scramble through dense foliage and into the trickiest of swims. Had a few heart stopping missed takes whilst fishing from willow tree in the extreme shallows with the carp churning up the silt at my feet.
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Mark
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
The rod arrived today, here a few pictures. I can't wait to try it out.
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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Snape
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Looks wonderful Mark. Looking forward to hearing about its conquests.
By the way you'll have St John chasing after you as he wants one too.
By the way you'll have St John chasing after you as he wants one too.
“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers,” Herbert Hoover.
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Waterlogged
Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
Could any of you fine chaps enlighten me as to the difference between a Wanless and Palakona rod ?
I often see these names used but have no idea what they are. :think:
after all, everyday's a school day
I often see these names used but have no idea what they are. :think:
after all, everyday's a school day
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Re: Hardy Wanless 9/10lb version
I think the Wanless is a rod named after an angler, possibly a chap famous for spinning once? Whereas Palakona would appear to be Hardy's tradename for their female cane, not dissimilar to Tonkin.
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Davyr
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Yup - Alexander Wanless. Wrote several books about "threadline spinning" (and fly-fishing using a controller).Nobby wrote:I think the Wanless is a rod named after an angler, possibly a chap famous for spinning once? .