The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Enjoy the forum Steve!

From one Steve to another Welcome to TFF

Welcome to the TFF Steve

Steve,

It’s good to meet you, welcome

John

Great to have you on board Steve - you will get all the answers you need on how to restore any cane rod in the world on this amazing forum. Me? I know nothing about it, but I do know a bit about red worms and compost heaps.....

A warm welcome to a new adventure of fishing with traditional gear ..Perhaps a warning ..Rods,Reels.Can Be Expensive, Think seriously Where you are going to fish .What fish,Rivers /lakes,etc....This is where this Forum is unsurpassed..There are guys on here that are specialists ,Rod /. Reels/ models pros/ cons ..rod/ float makeing ,etc. they have ticked all the Boxes ,Just Ask ..,... It's a shame the Gudgeon doesn't grow to 2/3 lb ,what a beautiful fish that would be ,we would all be bashers then ..

No such thing as a daft question although I try a lot of knowledge on this forum it’s a nice place to be and to the forum yes it’s very addictive mike

Welcome aboard Steve

Tigernuts wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:28 am A warm welcome to a new adventure of fishing with traditional gear ..Perhaps a warning ..Rods,Reels.Can Be Expensive, Think seriously Where you are going to fish .What fish,Rivers /lakes,etc....This is where this Forum is unsurpassed..There are guys on here that are specialists ,Rod /. Reels/ models pros/ cons ..rod/ float makeing ,etc. they have ticked all the Boxes ,Just Ask ..,... It's a shame the Gudgeon doesn't grow to 2/3 lb ,what a beautiful fish that would be ,we would all be bashers then ..

Tigernuts I'm afraid the bug has well and truly bitten..... I bought a job lot of 5 cane rods to have a go at trying to restore before getting my hands on something a bit nicer and when they arrived one turned out to be an Allcocks Isis (sadly missing both tops but in fantastic condition)and another one a Priory rod these 2 lucky finds started me researching traditional tackle and I stumbled upon this brilliant forum, eager to fish with a cane rod I bought 2 more which looked ready to go, one of which is a dalesman match rod but then I needed reels so yesterday I was luckily invited around a friend of a friends house to look at some fishing gear he had acquired and walked away with 2 mitchell 324's (one boxed and hardly used) for £20, the gentleman also had a Lucky Strike but isn't sure he wants to part with it yet but who knows

I think I may need a bigger house!!

Welcome to the forum Steve. It sounds like you have already made a good start into the addictive world of traditional tackle.

Wal.