Written By: John Andrews
On Date: 4/11/2009
Abbey Sports Stadium Redditch Nov 22nd Neil Freeman is pleased to announce that Britain’s largest vintage fishing tackle fair, the ‘National’ will once again take place in British fishing tackle’s spiritual home of Redditch on Sunday November 22nd 2009. The venue remains the same as previous fairs, the indoor Abbey Sports Stadium on Birmingham Road (A441), Redditch, Worcestershire B97 6EJ. Doors will open at 9am and remain open until 3pm. Admission for the public is reduced at £2. The venue will be signposted locally on the day, there is free parking in stadium car park, wheelchair accesss and refreshments. There will be up to 40 stands, almost twice the number of any other vintage fishing tackle fair in Britain, with both specialist dealers and private collectors buying and selling a range of tackle from rods to reels, creels to cased fish, nets to bags, lures, flies, boxes, books, ephemera and paintings.
A brisk trade is anticipated particularly involving local anglers or former employees of the various Redditch tackle makers. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get their own tackle valued by leading auctioneer Neil Freeman of Angling Auctions. The Mitchell Collectors Club of America will be attending and anyone with an unusual Mitchell fishing reel is invited to come along and get it valued by them.
Should anyone wish to take a stall to sell their own vintage tackle some stalls are still available on a first come first served basis. For further information contact John Andrews on 07980 274 383 or e mail him at johneandrews@btinternet.com. The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair is sponsored by Angling Auctions:
www.angling-auctions.co.uk
The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair