HENRY DE FRANCE
PÈRE FRANÇAIS DU MOULINET
A TAMBOUR FIXE (3/3)

        Thanks to its creation Henry de France who was at that time President of the sport committee of Fishing Club de France (later on President of the Casting Club de France) took part of the amazing international spinning competitions where he attracted attention in the same way as the great amateurs of that time (such as A.P. Decantelle, L. Perruche, L. Bouglé, Prince P. D’Arenberg, E. Louche and so many other ones.)
 

        He obtained several prizes and beated several records but he became above all the ambassador of Fishing for all by demonstrating that being able to spin didn’t depend on complicated and expensive equipment.

          Hereunder is a picture of a rod fitted with a Rustique reel made by Henry de France himself, and a text coming from ABDE magazine.

“The green peas tin was touching and clever at a time, an easily made toy in which everything was calculated and estimated and that was very effective after all.”  

 Le " Moulinet Rustique " du Vicomte Henry de France.
 
 

References

 La Pêche Illustrée
ABDE
La Pêche Indépendante
The Fishing Gazette

Thanks to the  Henry de France family.