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Rodmaking

The making of split cane rods has a history going back over a hundred years and has included many famous names producing large numbers of rods by machine in the golden age along with many hand makers of which perhaps the most famous is Everett Garrison. Both approaches can produce good rods but what makes a great rod is the care that is spent in every stage of its design and construction. Those afflicted with a passion for cane rods are driven to seek perfection and within these few pages I hope to describe and illustrate my own response to this very powerful affliction.

The Rodmakers story

Notice

As of October 2021 I will not be taking on any new commissions.  15 February I have just finished my last commission.  So I am effectively retired.

This decision - taken following a recent health scare - does not mean that I will cease

rodmaking but that I will only make the occasional rod that I will put on this website.  Past

customers who require work on their rods should contact me as before.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my customers without whom the last 16

years would have been far less interesting.

Rods for sale 24 April 2025

OK I am now into my 70th year and I've just finished what I think will be my penultimate rod. It appears that I was jumping the gun as I am in fact preparing cane for two more rods! See details on the fly rods for sale page. A truly clean culm.