Lot No. 315 Donated by Nigel Hudson Lot No. 316 Donated by Wylye Leather Works
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Donated by Nigel Hudson Guide Price £250 (Starting Price £170) Lot No. 315 A weekend’s fly fishing for wild carp in the mountains of mid-Wales with Nigel ‘Fennel’ Hudson, chairman of the new Wild Carp Trust. You will stay in a tipi, cook over an open fire (subject to local permission) and fish in glorious surroundings. The lot includes a signed copy of Nigel’s bestselling book, Wild Carp. Weekend to be taken during the summer months and can be rolled over to 2022 if required. Donated by Wylye Leather Works Guide Price £150 (Starting Price £100) Lot No. 316 A collection of leather fishing equipment in a wonderful dark brown Horween Chromexcel leather. The collection includes: a medium-sized fly wallet lined with the highest quality merino sheepskin shearling; a fly floatant holder for holding Gink or Loon Aquel bottles; a small fly patch with a high-density closed-cell foam lining; and an amadou fly-drying patch. All handmade with traditional hand tools. Donated by Alexander Nelson Guide Price £500 (Starting Price £400) Lot No. 317 A Ijuin Yomogi 703, 7ft 3in, 4wt, 3-piece glass fly rod. It is super smooth and a dry-fly fisherman’s dream. Built with a 6in Flor grade cork tapered grip and a double-banded sliding ring seat from highly figured spalted maple. A select pale amber agate and blued nickel hardware throughout. Wrapped in apricot Japanese silk to match the wood and agate colours. It comes with a homemade tweed rod bag and custom fibreglass tube with Yamame artwork from Andrea Larko to complete the Japanese theme. Donated by Andrew Higgins Guide Price £360 (Starting Price £200) Lot No. 318 Two days for 2 rods on the Castle Fishery on the River Deveron, which flows through the beautiful Scottish Highlands between Aberdeen and Inverness. The fishery is an upper/middle beat of the Deveron and offers 2 miles of excellent fishing on one of Scotland’s premier salmon, sea trout and brown trout spate rivers. Apart from excellent salmon fishing, the beat has recently developed a deserved reputation for large (5-7lb) wild brown trout, particularly around April/May and good numbers of sea trout in June/July (to 14lb recently) that back up behind the junction on the beat. To be taken by end of July 2021, by arrangement. Donated by edenMADE Guide Price £130 (Starting Price £90) Lot No. 319 A handmade wooden net with rubber ghost bag. Each net is completely handmade in the Eden Valley, Cumbria, about 1.5 miles from the River Eden and looking out towards the Lake District. The mesh is fish friendly rubber, quick drying, doesn’t smell and doesn’t snag your hooks. The handle is made from English Elm and the hoop is Ash and Elm, polished to 2000 grit, with a homemade beeswax and oil finish. Also supplied with leather and solid brass magnet and lanyard attachment points. Donated by Amy Llewellyn Guide Price £50 (Starting Price £30) Lot No. 320 A pencil and water colour original of a Quill Gordon Fly. As part of the #The100DayProject, Amy decided to create an image of a fishing fly, every day for 100 days.. Fishing flies came about as a subject, as her husband is a keen fly fisher and the design side of her has always been intrigued by the process of fly tying, and attracted by the beautiful colours and textures. Professionally she works within the brand and design world, having studied Art at Wimbledon Art College before specialising in a degree in Product Design.300gsm Acquarelle Watercolour Paper, 18cm x 18cm Unmounted. Donated by Bowland Game - Fishing Association Guide Price £150 (Starting Price £80) Lot No. 321 One day for 2 rods guided fly fishing on Bowland -Game Fishing Association waters. Bowland Game - Fishing Association has over 30 miles of river fishing for salmon, sea trout, brown trout and grayling on rivers in the Borders, Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Rivers include LIddel, Cumbrian Derwent, Lune, Ribble, Hodder and Aire. The day will be hosted and guided by a BGFA member and a date to be arranged to suit in 2021. [email protected]. Donated by John Machin Guide Price £50 (Starting Price £30) Lot No. 322 One for 2 rods fly fishing on a 12-acre Private spring fed lake in Staffordshire for stocked Rainbow and Brown Trout. Lunch will be provided at a local pub. Instruction can be provided if required. Others may be fishing at the same time. To be taken in the 2021 season with the best time in June or September. Donated by The Altnaharra Hotel Guide Price £580 (Starting Price £370) Lot No. 323 Two Days for 2 rods fishing and 2 nights B&B at The Altnaharra Hotel, Loch Fishing for trout and seatrout. This luxury highlands hotel is one of the finest leisure and sporting venues in Scotland and has been for nearly 200 years. Trout and seatrout can be caught from bank or boat on a variety of lochs, boat and outboard included. Fishing subject to availability and available on Loch Hope, Loch Naver, Loch Meadie, Loch Loyal, Loch Staing or Loch Plantation. Donated by Piscario titanium reels Guide Price £1600 (Starting Price £900) Lot No. 324 A unique opportunity to own a prototype titanium fly reel. Piscario currently make a lightweight durable titanium centrepin trotting reel. They are in the process of developing a small titanium fly reel, 3” to 3_”. The winner of this lot will have a unique opportunity to have input on the design of the reel, if they wish, and own the first protype made specifically for them, with their own markings / design. Delivery of the prototype will be within twelve months of the auction. Good things come to those that wait! Donated by Nick Totman Guide Price £50 (Starting Price £30) Lot No. 325 One day for two rods during the mayfly fishing the Pang for trout. The Pang is a small chalk stream rising in Compton & joining the Thames at Pangbourne, West Berkshire. Thought to be the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. Mostly wild brown trout, with the occasional grayling & even the odd chub! A syndicate member will be on hand to introduce the water and a little guiding if needed..