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If anyone has any further pictures or information on dates etc relating to the Hardys Anglers Guides from the 1930's please let us know.

1930 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937s 1937c 1939

1930 cover

Churchill wrote:1930 cover

Thanks again Churchill, picture moved to post above. :hat:

Hardy Bottom Cat. 1939

HWKWALLIS wrote:Hardy Bottom Cat. 1939

Thanks HWKWALLIS, :thumb: I have move the picture to the main list above.

1937 Hardy Angler's Guide, Coronation Number ( May 1937 following the abdication in December last )





In this edition, Hardy outrageously claim to have invented split cane building in 1885, not bothering to explain Phillipe's rods of 1848 being offered for sale in America, nor Farlow's in 1872.

Eight and nine sided cane for sale, steel cored rods.............

Masses of information and explanations, a splendid publication, but no 'bottom' tackle or mention of FWK.


Happy to search for anything members need information on.....

Dated 1934.The illustrations are sublime.

Super Bottom cat 1937, colours different to 1939, but same image

A mystery SB catalogue with the colours changed yet again...Not yet sure of the year:





The orange is so bright I wonder if it can even be pre-war....??