About 20 rods, including willow, split-cane, fibreglass and some graphite models plus a dozen or more fly-fishing and spinning reels, landing nets, fishing bags and hundreds of flies and lures would go up for auction in more than 60 lots about mid-afternoon, Haywards Auction House owner Kevin Hayward said yesterday.
"Interest has been high in the fishing equipment. There's a lot of history in some of this equipment," he said.
The rising popularity of fly-fishing had seen heightened interest in older equipment, which was becoming harder to come by, with about 95% of today's equipment coming from one local estate, he said.
Alongside more conventional fly-fishing equipment are English-made Milward and Hardy rods plus several J. W. Young The Beaudex reels and spools.
The Haywards auction, held every four to five weeks, includes a total 1181 lots today.
