Banks and Burr of Rugby

[Mitch300]

Has anyone heard of/visited Banks and Burr of Rugby? I have Hardy Richard Walker No. 1 Carp rod with their sticker attached to it.
I believe the rod was manufactured in 1977, so they would have been in business until at least the late 1970's.

G. B.

[EricW]

My fishing buddy uses them all the time. Dave Burr still runs the shop but is closing for good when he retires sometime around Christmas I believe.

[Mark]

I still use them. Its a great little tackle shop. It's a shame that it will be closing, another one gone.

[Dave Burr]

I've dealt with them and raised an eyebrow when I told them my name. They are long established.

[EricW]

Correction, planning to close next year, apparently. Dave Burr was a top match angler in his day winning the National with something like 78 pound of bream on the King's Sedgemoor drain, the highest ever winning weight at the time.