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Post by MrMatthew on Jan 24, 2006 19:40:31 GMT
Don't know if this counts as an advert but the other weekend I needed a tackle shop open on a sunday morning... I went here:
Studley Angling Centre,
10 High Street, Studley
01527 854244
The fella there has recently taken over the bussines and is looking to kae something of the place. It's a bit out of the way but the bait was top quality so I thought I'd give him a plug - I reckon with online shops its a hard job making it work....
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Post by dace on Jan 25, 2006 18:41:13 GMT
I wish the guy all the best. I live in Studley and have used the shop for bait, which was top class. But i have used Alcester Sports & Tackle for years. Run by Alan Stephens very respected angler, and very helpful person. I took my pole top tips in at the start of the season to get his advice on how to best elastic them. He did. And did all 4 for me, i only paid for parts used. And i have had no problems with them all year.  On line shopping will always take money away from the shops, but you can't beat the personal touch. |
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Post by MrMatthew on Jan 25, 2006 19:20:07 GMT
I work in Worcester so its probably only in an emergency I would end up down that way but Alcster and Studly are both on the way to the Avon for me!
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Post by alanstubbs on Feb 1, 2006 12:28:34 GMT
I have posted elsewhere to the effect that, although I've heard some negative reports about NWAC's online service, their Hindley branch have always looked after me well.
They're competitively priced, their bait is top quality - casters especially.
I am by no means a regular or large customer - I have a 30 mile drive to get there, but they know me by name and I have fished with 2 of the guys at their invitation. That, to me at any rate, says a lot about the staff.
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Post by Carpy on Feb 1, 2006 22:15:01 GMT
I agree with you Alan, you get that personal touch from the staff, and you will use them again. Sounds like a Tackle shop we could use in Redditch.
Treat the customer right and they will come back.
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Post by BUDGIE on Feb 1, 2006 23:31:37 GMT
Do you know what Frank its just dawned on me! Redditch,the one time centre of the fishing tackle industry and its never realy had a good tackle shop!
In its hey day I suppose Powells at Mount Pleasant was the closest it ever came.When I lived there you only had The Corn Stores,Powells and a small pet shop on Batchly! Amazing realy!
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Post by MrMatthew on Feb 1, 2006 23:47:48 GMT
I have noticed how lots of stuff from hooks upwards seem to have been packed in Redditch, though I doubt much of it is made there now!
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Post by Carpy on Feb 2, 2006 0:38:08 GMT
The hooks are still made in Redditch Matthew.
Partridge's of Redditch are still making top class hooks.
Mainly for sea and trout fishing now, but they are the best.
35 years ago Redditch was the heart of angling production. Partridge. Allcock, Milward, to name a few.
And had many other factory's building rods for the big names. I worked for two years at Horizon Fishing Tackle. When i was young and learned a lot.
We made the Shakespeare Blue Match for them, a wonderful rod. And still making split cane rods for the Salmon and trout anglers.
Even today we still have Shakespeare, Leeda and Partridges based in Redditch.
And yes Budgie we still have Powells , and the Corn Store.
Powells changed hands 3 years ago. And the corn stores, i use it because its local.
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Post by BUDGIE on Feb 2, 2006 18:26:33 GMT
Im sure Frank and the other Redditch lads know this but for Mr M and any others who dont,
Redditch was the home of the British sewing needle making industry so it was a logical step to making bent needles ie fishing hooks!
To the famous names of yester year that Frank mentions also add Intrepid,Gladding and Edgar Sealy.Untill recently LEEDA (who used to be Taylor & Johnson) one of the biggest fishing tackle wholesalers in the country were also based in Redditch.
Yes at one time Redditch was the centre of the British fishing tackle industry as well as the geographical centre of England!
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Post by MrMatthew on Feb 2, 2006 18:59:44 GMT
I actually knew about the needle industry but only because the council apparently want to close the needle museum!
I also heard that another possible closure is the countryside centre at Arrow Valley Park which would be another disaster I think!
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Post by Carpy on Feb 2, 2006 19:12:04 GMT
You beat me to it. I found this press release on the closure of the Forge Mill Needle Museum.
Axe threat for needle museum
The UK's only museum devoted to the needle-making and fishing tackle industries has been threatened with closure in a bid to save money.
Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch, Worcestershire, which attracts thousands of visitors each year, may be shut down under cost-cutting plans drawn up by the borough council.
The council needs to save £1.158 million and has proposed a council tax rise of two per cent above inflation, the closure of both Forge Mill and the borough's Countryside Centre, and the cancellation of the annual bonfire display.
The museum displays how needles were made 150 years ago when the town supplied them to the British Empire.
Its collection consists of needle-making machinery and tools, needles, needle packets, sewing accessories, fishing tackle and accessories, and archives.
The Forge Mill, on the River Arrow, is one surviving example of the many needle scouring mills set up in the area. Built in 1730, the mill was still in use up to 1958.
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Post by BUDGIE on Feb 2, 2006 21:50:44 GMT
Be a shame if they close the museum,maybe the tackle trade would help? dont think the fire works would be that great a loss!
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Post by dace on Feb 2, 2006 22:55:12 GMT
Yes it would be a shame if it closed. Its part of Redditch's heritage. And i read today in the local paper the Redditch council have made a U-Turn and are saving Forge Mill Museum.  Also Forge Mill Pool as a problem too, people reported fish many fish dead on the pool. The locals say flocks of seagulls gathered to pick off the dead fish. The day the Envirement Agency visited the pool, they found 500 fish dead. |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Feb 5, 2006 18:56:46 GMT
Don't know if this counts as an advert but the other weekend I needed a tackle shop open on a sunday morning... I went here: Studley Angling Centre, 10 High Street, Studley 01527 854244 The fella there has recently taken over the bussines and is looking to kae something of the place. It's a bit out of the way but the bait was top quality so I thought I'd give him a plug - I reckon with online shops its a hard job making it work.... I visit this shop before collecting the computer this morning and went to have an look inside it - nothing much but the guy in the shop look decent and he did say to if there anything you want - he will get it. On walking out the shop he gave me a free keyring! Have to agree with other members that online tackle is far more easier but I rather support my local tackle shop if I can |
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Post by Carpy on Feb 9, 2006 23:41:12 GMT
I think a good local tackle store is essential for good bait, and buying day to day stuff you need like hooks and other gear. But i buy most of my larger purchases, are off the net or at trade shows. On the dole now, so new tackle must wait.  |
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