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    SourPower
    Haraki san Expert
    Joined: 10 Mar 2024

    @Giles do you have any photos of the titanium fishing reels you used to make?

    Excess In Moderation

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      This was one of them.....

      https://oldtimeangler.tripod.com/index/hardyzanetireel.htm

      I'll take photos of them later....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Alex
        IHUK Crew
        @Buckeye
        Joined: 28 Sept 2009

        @Buckeye said in Ask Giles Anything:

        @Giles @Alex There are many things that make IH fantastic, but among my favorite are the dedication to quality assurance (fabric, stitching, shape, etc) and precision of sizing. What other brands do you both look to as following in the same footsteps at IH; i.e., doing things ‘the right way’? I think @Olly referenced @Alex respecting Freenote Cloth in that manner on a production of the Iron Cast.

        Freenote, Samurai, Stevenson Overall, Y2, Double Helix, The Flat Head.. There are a lot

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          @SourPower

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          This was the reel we made for House of Hardy, it was sold as the Hardy Zane Ti and retailed for USD10,000......🤯

          This is the prototype, it has a handle made out of a "plastic" type material developed by the Soviets for the International Space Station (Hardy's changed the handle for the production model)...

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          This is a Ti prototype for the Hardy Marksman. Hardy's did not sell the Ti version (I think mine is probably the only one in existence), but they licensed the design from us and made it out of aluminium. They made a few 100, possibly a few 1000 and it was a nice little earner 🙂

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          And these 2 are random 2/3 weights

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          I've use the one with line on a lot (paired with an Orvis 1 weight) for native brown trout and a few memorable times for Bonefish in The Bahamas. I don't suppose many people have landed a Bonefish on a 1 weight outfit 🙂

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            @Buckeye Same as @Alex , but a few more

            White Kloud
            Ripple Fisher
            Zenaq
            The Osaka 5
            Tackle House
            Good Art
            and and and

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              SourPower
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 10 Mar 2024

              @Giles thank you so much for sharing. These are genuine treasures, I love the timeless design and raw finish.

              I cannot even imagine the joy of hearing that small arbor 1wt setup scream after connecting with a bonefish!

              The Zane is a masterpiece, one of the most stunning pieces of fly fishing equipment I have ever seen. I can really appreciate the connection between your passion for fishing and over-engineered “IH values”. These photos bring me back to a beautiful tarpon that I landed about 5yrs ago after a grueling fight…

              Excess In Moderation

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                Ive still to do a Tarpon. I’ve tied shit loads of flies and chucked them at shit loads of fish in Florida, The Bahamas, Mexico and Belize. But still they allude me.

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  goosehd
                  Mod Squad
                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    SourPower
                    Haraki san Expert
                    Joined: 10 Mar 2024

                    @Giles
                    IMG_6064.jpeg

                    Excess In Moderation

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                      Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                      The Unwoven
                      Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                      but were you happy about it?? 🙂

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        @SourPower That will do nicely, and boy do I love a pair of Xtratuf.....

                        To your comment about taking Bones on a 1 weight outfit. It teaches you 2 things:

                        1. How close you can get to a fish and cast without not spooking it. I got way more hits on the 1 weight than I do on my traditional #7. However, that may also have been that out of necessity, you have to use minute flies......
                        2. That you have to know how to run mighty fast in calf deep water....

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Buckeye
                          Haraki san Prodigy
                          Joined: 7 Aug 2023

                          @Giles What does ‘extant’ mean in the context of IH pieces?

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                          • MattM
                            Matt
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                            That they are in semi regular production as opposed to being a seasonal release not to be rerun.

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                              seawolf
                              Mod Squad
                              @Buckeye
                              Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                              @Buckeye long ago, there used to be an archive of all of the “extinct” products that wouldn’t be rerun, and in contrast, as @Matt pointed out, the “extant” products are regularly restocked and very much “alive” in the manufacturing pipeline.

                              “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                              @zeebeeleather

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                                Buckeye
                                Haraki san Prodigy
                                Joined: 7 Aug 2023

                                Thank you @Matt and @seawolf!

                                last edited by Buckeye 27 Feb 2025, 03:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                  Arkimeediz
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 25 Dec 2024

                                  Do items purchased from the RE:LOVE shop count towards vouchers?

                                  ...many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip

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                                    Alex
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    @Arkimeediz
                                    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                    @Arkimeediz said in Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything:

                                    Do items purchased from the RE:LOVE shop count towards vouchers?

                                    All spend at our shop does

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      @Buckeye
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      @Buckeye

                                      As Matt and Seawolf said.

                                      Fron Wiki:

                                      "Extant is the opposite of the word extinct."

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • KasiK
                                        Kasi
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                                        Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                                        @Alex

                                        How long for the new Good Art collaboration coming. Thanks

                                        The world's insane
                                        While you drink champagne
                                        And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                          goosehd
                                          Mod Squad
                                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                          What is the better seller in UHF's (buffalo or ombre)?

                                          Which is the best selling (quantity or in terms of how quickly it sold out) UHF of all time (or which is the most requested re release)? I know that last bit is subjective and more of a "if you guys are going to rerun a UHF from days gone by, which one would you like to do the most because of sales and popularity?"

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                                          last edited by goosehd 27 Feb 2025, 13:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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