Loading... Please wait...This gallery features reels made by our customers (using our book, from a kit, or inspired by our work), photos from our Reelsmithing Workshops, and some hand-crafted reels we've made for customers.



NT - Lowell, IN - A nice customization to our Ported Brass Reel Kit


This amazing engraving was done by Catharine C. Kennedy.
You can see more of her work or commision an engraving at


JM - NC - Interpretation of John Betts' Dogwood Reel

DB - MI - His second reel, made as a gift for his son.

A special reel I made in aluminum, brass and box elder burl.

BH - NSW - A nice carp caught on Ben's first hand-made reel - 10/2012

BM - Catskill Workshop Attendee - 9/2012

5 of the 10 reels we donated to the Catskill Fly Fishing Center this year - 2012

BF - Canada - 2012

TU Benefit Reelsmithing Workshop in NH - 2/2012

CD's Arts of The Angler Workshop Reel - 11/2011

Catskill Rodmakers Gathering in New York - 9/2011

M. Hackney for a customer in New York - 8/2011

Colorado - 7/2011

Colorado - 7/2011

Colorado - 7/2011

Colorado Rodmakers Reunion Workshop - 7/2011

Wood RIver Flyfishing Club Workshop (Rhode Island) - 5/2011

Japan - 4/2011


New Hampshire TU Council Workshop - 2/2011

New Hampshire - 2/2011

Minnesota - 2/2011

Catskill Rodmakers Gathering Workshop (New York) - 9/2010


Texas - 8/2010


Arizona - 6/2011

Australia - 5/2011

M. Hackney for a customer in Virginia - 9/2010

Grayling Outdoor Expo Workshop (Michigan) - 5/2010


Australia - 5/2010

Indiana - 4/2010

M. Hackney for the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site - 3/2010

Colorado - 2/2010

West Virginia - 12/2009

Ohio - 11/2009

M. Hackney for a customer in Massachusetts - 11/2009

Connecticut - 9/2009

Maine - 7/2009