Do you have a spare £1499 ?
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:41 pm
A Richard Walker owned B James MkIV on the market.
https://www.thomasturner.com/shop/b-jam ... om-family/
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Can't fall out with any of that although, to use the rod would bring immense pleasure.... it's just whether you'd get fifteen hundred pound's worth.NorfolkTinca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:04 pm As a long term investment, that's very tempting. However, an investment requires some intent to sell it again, and that would be the flaw in my plan. I'd also be concerned whether it's already at peak value; give it another 20 years, will the name of Walker be as revered as it is today?
As a rod to use, on the other hand, I'm not sure that I would dare, or even deserve to.
Quite a few new build rods are around this price or indeed more, if I were in the market for a rod right now and had money burning a hole in my pocket, that rod would be on the bank with me. I should go to sleep before I start dreaming.Deaf Cat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:41 pm A Richard Walker owned B James MkIV on the market.
https://www.thomasturner.com/shop/b-jam ... om-family/
I’m becoming increasingly concerned that, without ever realising it, Dick Walker cut the first turf in the grave of angling.Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:26 pm I have a lot of respect for what Dick Walker achieved and how in particular he raised the national interest with his 44lb Carp! I think that this rod represents good value as it looks little used!
I agree with some of what you say, but I think that Dick Walker inspired a generation of carp anglers that advanced the pursuit of carp. They experimented as he did with baits, presentation and rigs, Some of these later carp anglers became icons themselves, but the spin off has been many fisheries heavily stocked with carp, with anglers with not much idea but masses of tackle!Duckett wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:57 pmI’m becoming increasingly concerned that, without ever realising it, Dick Walker cut the first turf in the grave of angling.Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:26 pm I have a lot of respect for what Dick Walker achieved and how in particular he raised the national interest with his 44lb Carp! I think that this rod represents good value as it looks little used!
OK, so this week moronic carp obsessives with not one scintilla of angling craft have been driving me to distraction whilst I have been trying to enjoy a week of quiet angling for anything but mud pigs!
Phil