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Stickman Fly Rods are designed and made in Europe and bring the ethos of European fly fishing to the website. These rods are the ultimate example of the innovation and quality that are hallmarks of the best of the modern European rod makers (I’m especially excited by their Nymphing rods!).
The diverse range of rods offered by Stickman reflect the wide variety of fishing and fishing styles available and practised on mainland Europe.
The current rod range consists of an 8 foot 4 weight rod, 9 foot 5, 6 and 8 weight rods and a 10 foot 2 ins 0 weight Nymph rod. All rods are 4 piece, and more models will be added to the range soon. You can find full details below.
The Stickman Rod Team all know their stuff and are technically, practically and aesthetically very capable and they produce elegant extremely well designed and fishable fly rods.
Ákos started fishing at the age of 6. Decades later, after fishing most every method used in his part of the world, he stuck with fly fishing. He prefers to fish big rivers and lakes like the Danube, the Tisza or the Balaton, most often chasing pike, zander and asp but he is not a stranger to trout, grayling or saltwater fly fishing either. As the author of the first Hungarian-written book on fly fishing and a IFFF certified Master Casting Instructor, Ákos tries to introduce the sport to as many people as possible. He is also the vice-president of the Association of Hungarian Fly Fishers, a group of fly fishermen dedicated to the promotion of our sport. As the owner of Stickman Rods he is responsible for product design, marketing, production and customer service as well.
Alejandro was born in 1960 in Toledo, Spain. He has been living in Asturias for 20 years now, in the region where the most important salmon rivers of Spain flow. He worked first as schoolteacher and environmental manager, and spent 30 years studying everything about fly fishing. He is a contributor of the most important Spain fly fishing magazine (Danica), and the author of the best selling spanish fly fishing book (Introduction to Fly Fishing)
He was one of the founders of the spanish fly casting instructors program PAIL in collaboration with Mel Krieger.
He is member of the spanish national fly casting comission (Comisión Nacional de Lanzado) and PAIL Master Instructor as well as FFF MCI and founding member of the Divulgation and Teaching of the fly Casting Association (Asociación para la Divulgación y la Enseñanza del Lanzado a Mosca) where he is currently chairman. His interest in fly casting led him to investigate the physics of it and made him interested in rod and line design. After some initial tests with bamboo rods he joined the company CDL Fly in 2002 and created his own rods modifying blanks manufactured by the Italian company Modern Flies. Later he worked at Modern Flies, where he learned the secrets of making the finest blanks. In 2009 CDL Fly purchased the Modern Flies factory, and Alejandro became Maxia Rods’s designer and production manager, where he designs and builds the Stickman blanks to our specifications.
Gampi was born in Keszthely, an idillic small town next to the Lake Balaton. He’s been chasing fish since he could walk. Fish and water have influenced his choice of education too, he is a fishing technician.
He has been in the fishing industry for more than 20 years now. At first as a shop owner and later as a custom rod builder. Rod building is a passion for him, he constantly strives to reach perfection in everything he does.
Apart from fly fishing and rod building he is also a keen fan of old english made tackle and fishing magazines. His workshop in his hometown is a known gathering place for like-minded fisherman.
Péter is our art director, and creative marketing specialist. He has worked on the advertising field more than a decade, as a designer, art director and creative director. He designs our logos, rod stickers, ads and yet-to-sell clothing. We consult him in every question regarding aesthetics and marketing. His passions are photography, playing drums, and travel.
He is a die hard fisherman since his early childhood. He fished all over the world, the Balkan, Sweden, Mongolia, Mauritius, Venezuela, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. He loves most to fish on unexplored waters, in close contact with locals. His home waters are the Balaton and the Danube where he chases asp with both single and double handed rods. There is a special place in his heart for the river Drina, where grayling and huchen are the target species. He also suffers the symptoms of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), especially new rods can weaken the temporary effects of precarious cure…
Stickman say:
“We build rods not rod series! What we do is develop and fine tune every single rod model until we find it perfect for the application we had in mind while designing it. We don’t even try to build rods with exactly the same attributes in different line weights. No game changers here! We like the game as it is. We just build the best possible rods using the best raw materials and components to maximize the performance (and the looks) of the final product. No shortcuts, no cost-effectiveness. We grab and use what we think is the best. All our rods are offered in three different colour and component combinations so you will have the chance to choose one that fits your preferences.”
Stickman rods are made one at a time and are endlessly customisable.
Alternative Tackle aims to maintain a wide selection of Stickman rods in stock and available for immediate shipping.
If you’d like more info on any of these rods and the available custom options simply get in touch…