Two of our clients enjoyed great success with their new custom rods during July.  First up is Gary Hill from Surrey,

with his custom Sage X, 4pce; 8' 6"; #4 fly rod and a great 4lbs brown trout from the River Kennet.  Note the custom cork grip - both design and sizing s...

Mike Tuckwell features on our Testimonial page.  Here out fishing at the start of May with this fine 12lbs |+ turbot taken on his Chris Ward custom built Seeker CLBF706 12-20lbs class rod.

I dropped Mike an email asking how the blank perform - great response -Bloody bri...

late April at the invitation of Ian Hoper I enjoyed a day at Duncton Mill Trout Fishery, a members only water tucked away in the Sussex Downs.  Wonderful setting with some quality fish.  This pair were taken from the main lake which is very deep, hence the Lamiglas Ti...

I have worked with James Bater for just over a year, initially renovating his Daiwa TDX boat rods and now on a commission for a new rod to target conger.  Late March '19 saw this blonde ray, in the region of 20lbs  taken on his TDX on a productive day trip....

Fish have started to show for 019 with myself and clients enjoying rewarding trips out and about.  lookout for the next 3 blog enteries

New for the 2019 fly fishing season our 9ft, 7pce, #5 travel fly rod, complete with hard tube.  We have added a second tip section as a 'just in case' benefit for the travelling angler who suffers the unexpected mishap.  A rod designed for fishing it will cast a good l...

 Following a very early morning and freezing cold start from Lymington on board Last Laugh we headed out south of the Isle of Wight to find some wrecks in the hope of early Ling or Pollack.  Once the sun came up is was a great day. Below sunrise over south end of the I...

 This was a challenging piece of work.  The rod a modern G. Loomis salmon rod.  The reel a near perfect collectors piece - Edward Vom Hofe 1920's salmon reel.  The foot on the reel was very large by today's standard, thanks to a USA engineering company a new rosewood i...

 We have been busy in the sewing room leading up to the new year, a couple of examples are shown here. The rod bag is a new for old remake for a B.James collectors rod, with the original makers patch transferred/sewn to the new rod bag.  The second picture is a pair of...

Welcome to all our reader/followers we wish you all a great 2018, may you a net big enough to land your fish or arms long enough to tell the tale should it get away!