The Headington Shark.
This is what caught my eye one stormy night in 1989 as I drove through Headington to deliver a Kennet Perfection to its new owner.
The Kennet Perfection 1989.
While you’re here though, consider the shark. It was put there by Oxford journalist Bill Heine in protest against the bombing of innocent people by men with bombers and poor self control. He commissioned it from the sculptor John Buckley and it was named Untitled 1986. There was talk of removing it (it didn’t have planning permission. Please may I install a 20′ shark in the roof of my terraced house in Headington. No you may not.) but sense prevailed and it’s now a national monument -or a Headington monument anyway. Bill Heine’s son owns the house and you can rent it from him as an Airbnb.
The average attention span for emails is five seconds so let’s crack on. There are many freshly installed piscatorial folderols on my website now. Spring is peeping out from behind the black net curtains of endless winter, but even so, troubling times. A little reckless acquisition might be just the thing to quieten the black dog’s incessant scratching for a day or two.
A Lawrence Waldron LAW fly tying vice made in 2015.
A Barder Rod Co 12′ #9 split cane salmon fly rod.
A Barder Rod Co 11′ 4-piece travel rod.
A Barder Rod Co Wallis Wizard.
A Chris Yates Barbus Maximus.
In the Barder Rod Co’s stock page, you’ll also find a pair of Bernard Venables landing nets, a Barder Rod Co Tonkin bamboo float case and a Richard Carter Aerial Gem centrepin reel.
Until next time, watch out for the Rhithrogena Germanica and keep your chin up.
With best wishes from Edward Barder & Colin Whitehouse