A Bodgan for Mr Fezziwig?
This Bogdan is rare, fabulous and a perfect fit for a #5 line.
Is that a LAW fly tying vice you’re wrapping up Ebenezer?
It certainly is. Bob Cratchit’s always wanted one.
Chris Lythe’s Spitfire.
This isn’t a euphemism, it’s a very rare version of Chris Lythe’s masterpiece without a line guard.
A carp rod of your own.
We’ve just completed this special Richard Walker MK IV and it’s available ex-stock. Would fill a very, very long stocking.
Back to the future with a fibreglass wand.
7’6″ of pre-carbon, post-bamboo fishing rod. Fibreglass -it’s so Christmassy.
A Christmas Carol.
I’ll probably come back to Bob Cratchit next week but I’d like to share an anecdote from Mr Fezziwig (Larry Naismith in the musical and my first boss). He told me that his old pal Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim in the film) used to heat up pennies on a stove before he flung them out of the window for the poor little children. Not actual poor children; paid child actors. Still, he wouldn’t get away with that sort of caper these days.
Be sure to eat your mince pie quota and don’t be tempted to time travel through your advent calendar.
Best wishes from Edward Barder and Colin Whitehouse