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North West Classic Tackle is dedicated to offering the best equipment that is available for Fly Fishing; Fly Tying; Plug Casting; Hunting and Outdoor Sports. We also
offer many great books on Fly Fishing and Hunting and the Outdoor Sports both current and out of print classics and other miscellaneous items related to the Outdoors.
We are also adding a section on Art and Collectibles that should fill the void and make us a well rounded outdoor facility. We will try to test and use everything that we
sell and if it is worthwhile, then we will carry it. Our Section called Fly Shop will show the new items that are available at all times and kept in stock and will encompass
rods, reels lines and all other fly fishing related items to make your fishing both more successful and more rewarding.
We have been in business now for almost a year and I have found the experience very rewarding and also a whole bunch of fun. I have met people from all over the
world and the experience has been a very positive one. I want to thank all of you who have touched my life in the past year and most of all I thank you Mr. Howells for
convincing me that I should do this. Gary, I know I am not the Marty Keane of the West as yet but I will continue to try to emulate him and in 25 years or so I might get
there. Thanks again, Gary. I miss you!
I have been fly fishing for 46 years now and I had my first "love affair" with bamboo over 36 years ago. I got my first Bamboo Fly Rod, which was a Hardy Palakona in
Frederickton, New Brunswick, when I was 16 years old. It was an 8 foot 3 piece rod and the price was $60.00. I have been a devoted addict ever since. There is nothing
in fly fishing quite like the feel of a good bamboo rod as you cast and feel the rod load and deliver the fly just where you intended and set the hook on a sizable fish that
you had been watching rise. I was very fortunate to have grown up in the East and at a time when the great rodbuilders were still creating their works of art. I worked for
William Mills and Son as a young boy and learned of Payne and Leonard and Gillum and Garrison and Edwards while they were still making rods and was also very
fortunate to have met them and learn from them. I worked at Mills until they went out of business and them bought the Name at the auction along with many other items of both historic and trivial importance. At that time I was also publishing Fishing & Hunting Books under the name of Freshet Press. I then moved
to the West where I learned of the great rod makers of the West coast and was very fortunate to meet Andre Puyans and Gary Howells and Doug Merrick. I considered
Gary to be the best rod maker alive at that time and now that he is gone, new makers will have to fill in the gaps. Gary and Doug are both gone and I miss Gary a lot. He
is in my mind constantly and I am in the process of compiling a book about him. Andre, I still see quite a bit and I attend his fly fishing seminar in Island Park, Idaho
every summer. He is one of the best Fly Fishermen that I have ever met and his fly tying is in a class by itself. If you haven't attended his seminar, you are missing out
on some of the best instruction and information available today. Go to the events section for more information about the Seminar.
I am always looking for good quality classic tackle and will pay top value for one piece or your whole collection. I also appraise Classic Tackle for Insurance
Purposes etc. If you have something that you would like to sell or put on consignment, please e-mail me or call and we can work out an arrangement for me to view your
items for sale. If there is a special item that you are looking for and do not see it in the catalog, e-mail me and I might have one or I will try to get one for you.
I hope that you have enjoyed viewing our items and that you find something that suits your fancy in our pages. We offer a three day return policy on anything that we
sell provided it is returned in the condition that that you receive it. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me or call.
Thanks for viewing.
Bud Frasca
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