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    • GilesG
      Giles
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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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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        @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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        • SourPowerS
          SourPower
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          @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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          • GilesG
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            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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            • goosehdG
              goosehd
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              "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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              • SourPowerS
                SourPower
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                Excess In Moderation

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                • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
                  Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
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                  but were you happy about it?? 🙂

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                  • GilesG
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                    @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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                    • B
                      Buckeye
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                      @Giles What does ‘extant’ mean in the context of IH pieces?

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

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                        • seawolfS
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                          @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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                          • B
                            Buckeye
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                            Thank you @Matt and @seawolf!

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

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

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                              • AlexA
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                                @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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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  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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                                    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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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      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. :)

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        How quickly something sells out is not a good measure. I we had 1 of each size, we'd sell out in nano seconds, but have no idea what real demand was. @alex will have the numbers of buffalo v ombre. but again, it is likely to be subjective because we won't know if we had stock of something whether we would have sold more.

                                        I have been thinking that we should create a list of what we should run again, there are a load that would sell like crack if we rereleased.

                                        "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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                                        • Tago MagoT
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                                          @goosehd Obviously ombré is superior to buffalo by every conceivable metric. As a late adopter of IH I would love to see some of the old shirt designs make a return. I shall be compiling a list @Giles 😉

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                                          • MattM
                                            Matt
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                                            You don’t already keep a list?!?!

                                            Let me help…

                                            Double Indigo Duck (non selv is fine)
                                            Cardigan sweatshirt
                                            Duck work pants
                                            Sweatpants
                                            Forum Ts
                                            IHSH-64
                                            Triple Works
                                            BEATLE BUSTERS

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