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Dave Townsend at Blagdon Fishing Lodge
A great start!
The day was advertised to start at 10am but Dave and Carrie arrived at Blagdon fishing lodge nice and early to set up. John Harris from Bristol Water Fisheries was on hand initially to see if there was anything needed. From 9.30 am people started to come in with hoards of lovely fishing tackle! With not even time for a cup of tea, Dave set to work looking and valuing it all. There were soon several people waiting to see Dave, so Carrie got them all a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit. People were happy to wait, talking to each other and sharing their stories as well as enjoying the beautiful scenery of Blagdon fishing lake. One guy even saw someone he had not seen for 40 years and had a good old catch up which was lovely to see!
Purchases
There was a lot of interesting tackle, some of which we bought and some we just valued. There were lots of Hardy, Sage, and Orvis rods as well as some older cane rods. One of the highlights of the day was a 3.5″ MKII Salmon Perfect with line guard, one of the rarer sizes and in excellent condition too!
Of other interest were some nice Orvis wooden landing nets, including a lovely pear-shaped model. Other narrow drum Perfects, a lovely Orvis reel in its original wooden box. Abu Multipliers in their black and brown cases, System II reels in original boxes, good old Hardy Marquis in cases, Battenkill reels in cases, 2 x Allcock Aerials… The list goes on… And a very nice pair of Polaroid sunglasses! One lovely man came in with a beautiful brass-faced salmon Perfect with waisted pillars. A stunning reel, unfortunately, it wasn’t for sale on this occasion!
Future valuation days
Lots of people felt this was a worthwhile trip for them to make. One, even thought it sounded too good to be true when seeing the advert on Facebook but was extremely pleased to find that it wasn’t and walked away happy with cash in his hand for the goods he had brought along.
This is the second valuation day we have held and have two more planned already so watch this space for more information!
If you have a tackle shop or a fishery or other location that you think would be suitable for you and your customers, and would like to host one of our valuation days then please get in touch! This is a free service and will bring people to your location, increasing your footfall and visibility. We will advertise the event and bring everything we need so you don’t need to do anything.
Thank you!
We want to say a big thank you to John Harris and his team at Bristol Water Fisheries for having us! It was a great day all round, in a great location! We hope to work with them again soon! Also – thank you to all our customers, old and new who turned up on the day, it was a pleasure to meet you all!
Contact us
As always, if you are unable to make any of our valuation days, we still take enquiries over the phone or via email. We can value your items but require some good quality photos to assist us. Our details are below, so please get in touch!
Northern office (Stoke): John Stephenson 01782 698787 John@thomasturner.com
Southern office (Weston): Dave Townsend 01934 516931 davetownsend@thomasturner.com
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