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Fantastic, many thanks.

Stef

Paul F wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 5:01 pm

StefanDuma wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:58 pm Does anyone have an Allcock's catalogue listing the Trueform Baits.

Cheers

Stef

what year would that have been Stef?

I guess 1930 onwards

Stef

I have the following:

ABU Tight Lines 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981

Ogden Smiths Season 1956-57

Milwards Season 1938-39, Handbook No. 20, 1953 2nd edition, 1955-56, 1957-1958, 1961, 1962, 1964

Allcocks 1939-1940, 1949-1950, 1951 (blue with a perch on the cover), 1955 (with trout rising to a fly on cover), 1959 (red with line drawings of tackle and fish on cover).

Top Tackle (Allcocks, Lee, Youngs Reels) 1965

Allcocks/Shakespeare 1966

CM you can check what Guides you have by the posts with their images in, such as this:


http://traditionalfisherman.com/viewtop ... 230&t=1631

The rising trout is indeed 1955, the blue perch is 1951 and 'line drawings' one sounds like '59.


There are 'proofs' for dating them them all hidden away in the text.







In the above images the third column from the left lists the page numbers containing the proof of year.

Nobby wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:19 pm CM you can check what Guides you have by the posts with their images in, such as this:


http://traditionalfisherman.com/viewtop ... 230&t=1631

The rising trout is indeed 1955, the blue perch is 1951 and 'line drawings' one sounds like '59.


There are 'proofs' for dating them them all hidden away in the text.







In the above images the third column from the left lists the page numbers containing the proof of year.

My post has been edited accordingly. It should be comprehensive and correct. Thanks for the tip regarding the other thread listing the guides by image.

Allcocks Angler's Guide’s for 1939 and 1965.
Cane

Held: R.G. Edwards and Son. Price list, seven pages. Wholesale only. Sole proprietors of "Weirside" Products...... Address The Square, Carshalton Surrey.C. 1954 Sole distributors of The News of The World "Fish of the Week" Book. Lists... Bottom Rods , Pike Rods, Spinning Rods, Fly rods ,Sea rods reels for all and general tackle. Tony

Tonkin Wand wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:31 pm Held: R.G. Edwards and Son. Price list, seven pages. Wholesale only. Sole proprietors of "Weirside" Products...... Address The Square, Carshalton Surrey.C. 1954 Sole distributors of The News of The World "Fish of the Week" Book. Lists... Bottom Rods , Pike Rods, Spinning Rods, Fly rods ,Sea rods reels for all and general tackle. Tony

That's a rare one is that...took me years to find a copy. I think it was this very one that proved, at last. just who made Harcork floats.

Ooooooow! Thanks Nobby. I have just looked and cannot find Harcock ...a bit up market for Edwards; were they not trading with the bottom end of the retail, outlets within toy shops and cycle dealers. Correct me if I am wrong..... I was six at the time of the published price list ! Tony