Updated: May 3
Watch this short video on how a silk fly line is woven, impregnated and polished to culminate in a line which compliment bamboo fly rods so well. Silk fly lines are made to order by Phoenix fly lines and are available on our online shop.
Read more about silk fly lines and how they compare to plastic modern lines here
Ready to fish a Chris Clemes rod?
Two ways to own one:
→ Commission a Gentleman’s Kit: a Symphony split cane rod made to the recipient’s length and line weight, in a handmade wooden presentation case with an engraved brass plate. The retirement or corporate gift they will fish for life. From £4,500.
→ Or buy a stock rod today. Best-selling Chris Clemes split cane and Sjambok S-Glass rods kept in stock at Farlows of Pall Mall (London), Stream & Sea (Paarl), and Hand Made Life (Franschhoek). View stockists →
Unlike most contemporary English split cane makers, you can walk out of one of our stockists with a Chris Clemes fly rod the same day.
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