Tins
While many fishing related tins are quite utilitarian, others have a lot of eye-appeal and feature attractive advertising. Like bottles, tins come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but tend to be more colorful. Some have paper labels and some are painted. Contents are often hooks, split shot, line grease, rod varnish …and sometimes grass hoppers!
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When You Buy Flies At A Fly Shop Today, They Put Them In A Boring Little Plastic Box. In The Old Days They Used These Wonderful “Vesta” Advertising Tins. I Really Like These! The Big Tin Is 4″ Wide (And The Only One That Size I’ve Ever Seen) And The Small Ones Are Half That. Even The Little Things Had More Panache In The Old Days.
When You Buy Flies At A Fly Shop Today, They Put Them In A Boring Little Plastic Box. In The Old Days They Used These Wonderful “Vesta” Advertising Tins. I Really Like These! The Big Tin Is 4″ Wide (And The Only One That Size I’ve Ever Seen) And The Small Ones Are Half That. Even The Little Things Had More Panache In The Old Days.
- Fred Divine’s Rod Varnish
- Kingfisher Rod Varnish
- A Hooper Coop Is A Tin For Grasshoppers
- Wm. Mills & Son Rod Varnish
- Milwards “Iron Arm” Tackle Tin Is Fitted With Various Compartments Inside. I’ve Seen These With Several Different Species Of Fish On Them. At 6.5″ Wide, This Is A Rather Large Tin And They Are Very Tough To Find With The Paint Intact.
- Two Tiny English Tins. One For Hooks And One For Split Shot. These Are Only 1.25″ Tall.
- Montague Rod Varnish Is The Most Common Of All Varnish Tins
- “The Dependon” Ringed Hook Assortment. This Tin And The Next Three All Measure About 3″ Wide By 2.5″ Tall. This Is The Toughest Of The Four To Find.
- Milwards “Iron Arm” Ringed Fish Hooks
- “The Osprey” Ringed Hooks Assortment
- Allcocks Ringed Fish Hooks Tin
- Allcocks Ringed Fish Hooks Tin
- A Few Tiny Tins
- E. vom Hofe Rod Varnish Is Even Harder To Find Than E. Vom Hofe Rods
- Edward R. Hewitt’s Line Grease.
- The “Loch Leven Eyed Fly Box”
- Inside The “Loch Leven” Tin
- Abercrombie & Fitch Split Shot Tin
- A Wader Repair Kit And A Herters Anglers Pipe
