“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”


John Muir

Monday, July 4, 2011

Ever Seen One of These ? - A Billinghurst




An original BILLINGHURST fly fishing reel pat. dated 1859. 
The rarest of the rare of all fly fishing reels ever made. It is the smallest version the 3 inch model with a fixed handle. 
William Billinghurst (1807-1880) produced reels of different sizes and materials, from small brass reels to giant sized nickel plated trolling reels¹ (though only one of these is currently known to exist). The most common, if any Billinghurst can be called that, is the nickel plated 2nd version, or dual patent marked reels circa 1873 to 1880.
You can own one now......................


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  1. Dustin's Fly Box7/04/2011

    This really caught my eye. I hope you don't mind I mirrored in on my blog and I gave you full credit with a link to your blog

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