Vancouver, British Columbia

     Clement Gatley was a privileged individual who was born in England and lived in Cornwall. His family had a manufacturing business that was used during the war for aircraft parts. At the end of World War II had enough of the labour strife and immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia.

     He opened a small fishing tackle shop at Robson and Seymour Streets in Vancouver in 1952 and retailed high quality English tackle, rods and reels from this location. Gatley was a trained gunsmith of the highest order and made a very good name for himself with the manufacture of lures, reels and hand-made cane rods of his own craftsmanship. These items are still found today with his name stamped onto the product.

     Gatley retired in 1966 and relocated to Saltspring Island where he passed away in 1998 at the age of 93. He was a member of the exclusive Vancouver Fishing and Hunting Club called "The Ale & Quale" and had the nickname "Tats," which was apparently short for Tatty as he was known to fish in the best clothes and always looked like a true English gentleman.

     Gatley made many trout and salmon lures, however, no cataloques are known to exist with his product.

Four Different Clement Gatley Spoons

A picture showing some of the range of Clement Gatley's spoons with brass, copper and nickel finishes.