Much like fly fishing, engraving takes time, patience and a lot of skill. We take pride in hand-engraving and finely detailing these very special pieces. See our work below and contact us for your own heirloom reel.

Hand-engraved Reels

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Available For Sale

  • VR Design ~ Trutta Perfetta

    Trutta Perfetta 3.5" by VR Design. Dark olive anodizing with handmade bronze trout inlay. [Available for sale].

    Please contact us for price offers or more details.

  • Hardy ~ Marquis #8/9

    Beautifully hand-engraved with a layered leaf boarder, this Hardy 'Marquis' #8/9 is vintage, and in mint condition, and now a very special one of a kind reel. There is still space if you'd like your name or favorite fly engraved into it.

    [Available for sale]

    Please contact us for price offers or more details.

  • Hardy ~ Viscount

    The Hardy Bros Viscount is a classic reel. This particular reel now has a fresh lease on life. Proudly custom-designed and hand-engraved​ by Jan. ​Featuring solid gold Tititipounamu/Rifleman who are often seen Streamside in the New Zealand back country.


    Maybe you have a vintage reel you would like customised? Or are interested in buying a new custom reel?

Custom engraving information

  • That's right. You can work with us to fully customise the design. All pieces are one off, truly unique. Get in touch for more info.

  • Fixed prices are listed. If you are looking for products from our featured brands that aren't listed, please get in touch for a special order. Custom pieces are quoted on a case by case basis.

  • We engrave aluminium and titanium. In some cases we need to remove the anodizing, and we will apply a protective layer on the engraving.

  • We regularly work with customers all around New Zealand, and beyond. For this reason, we offer fast and reliable courier and shipping services.

  • We work in silver, gold and bronze in all various alloys for decoration. For reels we offer high grade aluminium and titanium reels, by VR design.

  • Yes. We love seeing older pieces. Particularly with larger engraving surfaces. We also offer amazing new reels from VR Design which we can engrave.