Kazutomo Ijuin (“Tomo”) is the Japanese Rod Master whose glassfibre Ijuin “Yomogi” fly rods have been gaining a well deserved reputation for excellence amongst the custom rod maker and glass rod fraternities.
Tomo designs his own glassfibre blanks and has them made for him in Japan. The unique and beautiful metal work on his reel seats and tubes are produced by his friend Masatoshi Okui of Kineya Tackle and the reel seats are yakusugi (1-2000 year old Japanese cedar) as standard or Camphor wood on the special edition models.
Handles are an original design and could be described as a modified ritz, inspired by traditional Japanese candle shapes. Mildrun stripper guides and silk wraps come as standard with Agate strippers and hand dyed (by Tomo) silk wraps on the special edition rods.