The Hardy Decantelle reel was an Anglo-French ploy

This was a Hardy marketing ploy that never really worked. The original French designed and built Decantelle reel had, according to advertising, sold over 11,000 units. When Hardy bought out the rights to produce the reel they will have hoped for the same. However it didn’t pan out that way, with less than 1,000 being [...]
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