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I Broke my Sage Method Fly Rod

May 11. 2017
Breaking your rod has to be one of the worst feelings to have while fishing. Especially when its such a high end rod.
Article

Microspey rods

Apr 30. 2017
A new trend An article about how spey style casting can be performed with rods rated for single hand, and how to build and line up your own microspey or micro Skagit rod.
Read more here.
Article

Home made rod tubes

Nov 23. 2016
DIY Making your own durable, fabric covered rod tubes that can hold several rods each is pretty easy
See the photo instructions here
Blog entry

Friends, rods and sausages

Jun 9. 2016
Today was the day of the annual and traditional get-together arranged by the Copenhagen Fly Casting Club. Enjoyable as always.
Video

Casting Cane

Jun 7. 2016
Testing a customer's 8' #4 bamboo fly rod at his request before we ship it out to him.
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10ft 4wt

May 24. 2016
An early spring fly fishing trip to a Mid Wales tributary, using a 10ft 4wt carbon to fish spiders and soft hackles for wild brown trout.
Video

First Bamboo Rod Build

May 23. 2016
Video clips showing the steps I took to build my first bamboo rod.
Video

Zephrus

May 19. 2016
A short fly fishing clip using a Hardy Zephrus 905.
Video

7ft 4wt Fiberglass

Apr 18. 2016
An early season fly fishing trip to a small stream in Wales to test out a new 7ft 4wt fiberglass fly rod.
Article

The Half Haul

Apr 1. 2016
New and old Recent historical research into the first writings on fly fishing has revealed the origins of the double haul, by researches called the Ur-haul or the half haul
Read the fascinating story here
Video

Glass

Mar 4. 2015
Fun fishing with glass fly rod
Blog entry

Summer casting party

Jun 19. 2014
Sunshine, lots of fly rods, a large grass lawn, good company and sausages on the barbecue. What's not to like?
Video

Forum Spey Sherbrooke

May 21. 2014
The Hooké van hit the road for the first time on its way to the Spey Clave in Sherbrooke. We had a great day learning with the best, testing rods and discussing with passionate people.
Article

What is a switch rod?

Mar 18. 2014
A jack of all trades There's single hand and two hand rods. The one in between should be the switch rod, right? This article is about how salmon guide Nils Jorgensen sees it.
Single or two hand?
Article

What is a fly rod?

Dec 30. 2013
Start here Fly rods are fishing rods built specifically for fly-fishing and are similar to any fishing rod in many ways, but also very different.
More about fly rods here

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