Stocklist 2024


Note: all wraps on all rods are clear, transparent wraps, no colour preserver applied on any rod! And, secondly: all rod bags are tailored bags, handmade by Ella, my lifetime companion!

  • Item #1

    Fly Rod, QUAD! 7 Ft 6", #4, 2 pc., 1 tip. In tailored rod bag.
    Rod performs with a medium/soft action and would work very good with a #4 silk line. Wraps sunburst with double dark blue tippings. End cap with sliding ring and Thuya wood spacer. The picture shows the rod with a 2/3 Wt. L.H.D. lightweight reel.

    Prices rod: €1086, rod/reel combo: €1951

  • Item #2

    Fly Rod, 8 Ft, QUAD! #6/7 and 3 pc. with 1 tip, in tailored rod bag.
    Wraps and tippings in green with black (picture) exclusive titanium reel seat with one gilded locking nut. Very beautiful impregnated green wooden spacer.

    Price: €1617

  • Item #3

    Fly rod, QUAD! 7 Ft. 2 pc., 1 tip, in rod bag.
    Assymetrical rod. I can highly recommend this rod. Very direct rod that will cast a 5 Wt. amazingly. Guides: aLL guides are MINIMA guides: extremely light and effective!

    Price: €1044

  • Item #4

    The same rod as in item 3 but this is the original HEX configuration.
    Wraps: sunburst with 3!! tippings. Full Wells grip, reel seat maple with full titanium hardware and gilded locking nut. The rod comes with 1 tip, in rod bag.

    Price: €949

  • Item #5

    Fly Rod 8 Ft, # 6/7, HEX rod! #6/7, with 2 tips, 3 pc. rod in rod bag.
    Univeral rod. You will love it. Look at the picture of the reel seat with 2 gilded locking nuts!! And maple spacer.

    Price: €1485 (rod with 2 tips)

  • Item #6

    2 L.H.D. Lightweight models, a 2/3 Wt and a 3/5 Wt.
    The 2/3 Wt will hold a #4 line.

    Prices are equal for all lightweight models: €865 for each set, consisting of a frame and one standard spool plus one spool with a palming rim.

  • Item #7

    5 Pillar Arrowhead reel.
    Currently working on a 5 Pillar Arrowhead. I love this reel!!! Sea Trout, Steelhead or light Salmon fishing. Pike fishing too!! 85 mm. diameter. 7/8 Wt. with lots of backing. The reel still has to be engraved (in any style).

    Price: €2250 (freehand engraving optional, price quoted separately depending on complexity and style).

  • Item #8

    A superb 80 mm B series reel, rated 7/8 Wt.
    In the making: a superb 80 mm B series reel, rated 7/8 Wt. The all time L.H.D. classic. This reel needs no further comment.

    Price: €2185 (also with this reel: freehand engraving optional).

Dear friends,

For more than four decades, it has been an absolute pleasure for Ella and me to make Titanium fly reels and bamboo fly rods to meet the wishes of anglers all over the world. It is, however, now necessary to let you know the following:

We are both 75 now and personal circumstances have dictated that we move L.H. Design into a new direction. With immediate effect (October 2021), it will no longer be possible to order bespoke rods and/or reels directly at our firm.

But... Ella and I will continue making some of our very favourite rods and reels, but, in future, at our own pace. These rods and reels will appear from time-to-time on our website and, when they do, they will be available immediately.

Putting the brake on bespoke commissions was a very tough decision of course as we've loved creating your very special rods and reels. But, at the same time, but we both knew that this moment would eventually arrive.

We hope to continue on this new path in the future and certainly intend to spend more time with our six grandchildren and also not forgetting some time to go fishing!!

Thank you for all your interest and friendship over so many years and for your warm attention, especially your visits to see us and for your suggestions to create milestone rods and reels.

With love to all of you!!

Leen Huisman
Ella and Leen Huisman
Owners and founders of L.H. Design