Metal & Lines

To go fly fishing you need a fly rod, flies, and ... a fly reel, correct. Working as a mechanical engineer in the medical field sharpened my senses for what is really crucial for a device. What makes it perform, and what not. And how to find a way to make it perform reliably.

Building my own fly reels became more than tempting. Especially after fishing in the salt. My first experience was with poorly designed line-holders from far east. Rust everywhere after only one week of fishing. But what struck me most was my second and third trip, fishing with so called "high end" reels from the land of the unlimited possibilities and the ancient imperial island. I thought I would spend some money, to get the "good stuff". Sealed, they said. After two days those reels made strange sounds. Back home the internals were red from rust. 

It was time to do it better. I spent hundreds of hours in the CAD and weekend after weekend to improve my designs. The result is impressive. Reels that not only look spectacular, but also with internals like a clockwork. All parts work together as one, with only one purpose - to perform.

Now you can of course ask "Why would I care? I fish in freshwater only, and the available reels served me well so far". 

That might be true. And Im happy to hear that. But I didnt start this to just create another line holder with a different porting in the spool. 

All my reels are something special, the ones for the salt, the ones for large salmonids as well as those for light freshwater purposes. 

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Take the analogy of a Formula 1 car. Those disk drags are developed to the absolute limit, to stop a racing car from 300Km/h to zero in a fraction of a second. Will you ever need that in your passenger car? I hope not. Is it nice to know that if you would need it, you would have it available? Absolutely!

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Feel the difference.