Steve Woolley of Ashbourne

[Mark]

And would you believe gents Mr. Woolley is now a member of this forum. :thumb:

[Hermit]

Great news! welcome to the forum Stephen :hat:
I'm still going to loiter round your shop though...

[Pentonhook]

Welcome to the forum Steve.

Hopefully you will become a frequent poster in the rod building & restoring
section of the forum, giving us lesser mortal's some tip's and method's from
your vast experience in producing/restoring rod's to be cherished.

[AshbyCut]

Greetings and welcome, Steve ... do you have a website ?

[Plot36]

I was passing through Ashbourne today so called in for a look at Steve's shop. A short time later I emerged with a very nicely restored Chapman 550 - my first split cane coarse rod :-). A lovely little shop and, as I pass through Ashbourne quite often, I will either have to ration my visits or leave the plastic at home.

[Mark]

I must make a visit to the shop this month, it' been a few years since I was last there.

[Leveller]

I used to spend lots of Saturdays in steves old shop, I've had afew rods and reels from him, he's a sound chap, from memory I've had a woolley hunter, 2 W A allcock Adonis, a lucky strike a milwards fly rod, a milwards 13ft hollow float rod, a Kennet perfection and the bits to make my own barbel rod, steve kindly had the patience to show me how to do it.
I caught a barbel with one of the rods and gave the pictures to steve for the shop, the last time I was there, he still had them up, even though the location of the shop had changed.
I would urge anyone passing nearby Ashbourne to pay steve a visit.

[Mark]

I popped in to see Steve today, it must be nearly 10 years since I was last in his tackle shop. We had a good chat for about 20 minutes before I bid him goodbye. The place is still the same as I remembered it all those year ago. I shall not leave it as long next time.