{"id":89953,"date":"2026-04-18T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/?p=89953"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:01:06","slug":"orvis-150-years-of-history-and-still-going-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/en\/2026\/04\/orvis-150-years-of-history-and-still-going-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"HARDY, 150 years of history and still going strong!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orvis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Hardy<\/a> rods and reels used to be the thing for old-timers with feathered hats \u2014 if you had Hardy gear back in the 90&#8217;s, you were immediately pigeonholed&#8230; What you really wanted were American carbon rods; if you had English kit, either you&#8217;d inherited it from your dad, or you were some kind of guy stuck in another era, wearing a Barbour jacket and smoking a pipe while pretending to be something you weren&#8217;t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Then came a turning point \u2014 the rods got modern, the reels got lighter, and the whole lineup stopped being reserved for those fishing chalk streams or salmon rivers, and became gear for serious, demanding anglers instead. 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