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This site is dedicated to the vintage fishing tackle made by Richard Wheatley . I hope that you will enjoy your visit to it and will add your knowledge to what is collectively known. I add extra information to this website most weeks so please come back and visit again. Please tell others about the site.
How to locate an item via the menu
The top button - history & our acknowledgements
Early boxes- black & brown japanned, boxes with cork or chenille fly holders. Cast boxes & Fly wallets .
Clip boxes are listed by size, starting with 30 clips to 238.
Other Alloy boxes - dry fly / compartment , Kilroy Spring, Magnetic, Dapping flies, Tube or Waddington and others
Special Boxes - plastic, wood & commemorative boxes
Minnow boxes - black japanned, alloy and Hockley
Loch Leven Eyed Fly Boxes -
pictorial and coloured boxes.
Miscellany _ foam, logos dating, accessories
Hardy's Cummins -retailers
A presentation box from the 2002 International at Rutland Water.
Wanted Richard Wheatley Product lists and catalogues including photocopies
I have a lot of new items to add to the site while I am also working on the Richard Wheatley book and catalogue. I hope to be catching up with the new items that I have aquired and have adding more pictures.
Centenary Year 1860 - 1960 Label
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1904 patent clip box
The Richard wheatley Museum
Rarity value is based on the simple system below
A - this boxes are either still available via Richard Wheatley, other fishing tackle dealers.
C- box is common & turns up regularly at vintage tackle dealers, fairs or auctions incl. ebay
S- this box is scare but turn up on occasions
R- this box is rare
RR- these are very rare
E - this is exceptional, extremely rare and few examples are known.
Remember Richard Wheatley Vintage Angling Equipment is worth what someone will pay and the contents of the box maybe worth more than the box
