Fly fishing is an art for life

The Pure 6’6″ 1/2wt

The smallest rod in my whole line up. For this rod.

McFarland GTX 8’6″ 5wt

Finished up this great taper of Mike McFarland. Turned the hardware of titanium

The Morning Glory 7’5″ 4wt

 

Here my latest model, The Morning Glory in Green in a 7’5” 4wt.

McFarland 8′ 5wt Spruce Creek what is inspired by a vintage Scott rod

The rod is inspired on a vintage Scott rod.

Top flor cork grip and insert. Struble stripping guide and Snake Brand guides are wrapped Au Ver a Soie orange silk.

Hardware of gold anodized aluminium hardware wit a POM butt.

Ijuin Sakura 7’06” 4wt

Ijuin Sakura 7’06”4wt. Top flor cork  grip. Clean brushed hardware and a classic Mildrum stripping guide, always a good combi

CTS DH Quartz 11’6 6wt

finished in one of my favourite colours Lemon drop. Rod is finished with 2 great matching agate stripping guides of Perfect, insert I turned of Mappa burl. Rod will shortly baptist in some nice Sweden waters.

The Pure 7’2″ 5wt with a matching reel

Recently finished The Pure 7’2” 5wt rod with my 5th Anniversary reel. Butt is made of the same bakelite as the reel what is made by the great reel maker Mitsuru Ishii from Japan. Top flor grip, reel seat and hardware inspired by an old Garcia Conolon fly rod. The lite Snake Brand guides and stripping guide of Joe Arguello are wrapped with silk of Au Ver a Soie. This set is heading out now to a very nice fisherman in the US.

 

5th anniversary reels

Happy to reveal the first collaboration of my 5th Ann as a professional rod builder.And more to come. Mitsuru Ishii from Japan made these 3 handmade reels especially for me. Aluminium with orange bakelite and brass. Put the same bakelite as a butt on my hardware to get the ultimate combi

 

Epic 686 in Amber

Epic 686 in Amber and red.

Nice matching reel seat of Lemke Concepts with a nice matching spacer

and a classic Mildrum stripping guide.

restoration project of a vintage Sage glass rod

Restoration project of a vintage Sage glass rod. A Struble U8 NOS hardware with a Turkish walnut insert.

Perfect agate and Original Snake Brand guides wrapped with Pearsall’s Gossamer.

It is always nice to give this kind of rods a new life.