was £3,950.00 now £3,200.00

HARDY "CC de France" James Hardy Celebration Set. Below is a copy of the wording of the certificate that also comes with the set.

 

"In 1910 John James Hardy received a request,from members of the aristocratic Casting Club of France for a short,light,split-bamboo flyrod.

The Club held their meetings,under the presidency of Baron de Neuflize,at their headquarters in the Bois de Boulogne,Paris. One of the events at their annual castind tournament was "The Little Rivers," where extreme accuracy was required to place a fly into small floating hoops placed under overhanging branches along a wooded stream .Thus the requirement for a short light rod.

John James responded by producing a 7ft,2-piece rod that weighed a shade over 3oz,which he personally demonstrated to the Club Members in the Bois de Boulogne,Paris.He succeeded in casting 25 yards to the amazement of onlookers.The little rod became Hardy`s all time favourite bamboo fly rod and was catalogued under the name of "C.C. de France" from 1911 to 1961.

To mark the achievement, Hardy`s craftsmen have re-created that famous rod and presented it in this highly collectable Celebration Set, in a handsome Italian leather case, Along with the rod is a silver anodised Bougle Reel, inscribed with `C.C. de France`, a double-taper four weight silk fly line and a commemorative medal inscribed with the `C.C. de France` logo.

I hope you enjoy this unique piece of angling history. "

The certificate is then signed by James Hardy, and then shown it is a limited number 10.