Reflect Anglers Demands For Classic Fishing Performance
Made in the USA
Gaelic Supreme rods are designed to travel with you.
Wherever you go, there you are...and with your rods.
The length of the pieces are the maximum length for travel. Conveniently, this makes ideal length rods. It is also very convenient to be able to take 9', 12', 15', 18' and 21' rods all in one small rod case.
We offer a small range of rods for the angler that is seeking the ultimate experience in fly fishing: single handed dry fly rods and double handed greased line spey fishing rods were our first priority. To this range we have added single handed large river rods and double handed shooting head rods. This small range of rods cover the principle sizes and styles to cover most of the serious fly anglers requirements.
"Gaelic Supreme"
Paul Brown Tribute Rods
Paul Brown Tribute Series of Classic Spey and Spring Creek rods are offered for the discriminating angler who has been searching for a graphite rod to compliment his bamboo rod collection. These rods are not intended for the beginner, they are crafted for an angler with a subtle awareness of a truely delightful rod action and fine craftsmanship in manufacture and finish. The spring creek three weight rod presents a fly with a delicacy and accuracy that draws a quiet whistle from the caster. The spey rod is so sweet it sings on the river bank.
Our tribute rods are crafted from the optimum materials for each section of each particular model rod.
Rods are a medium brown, have custom silk wraps, custom guides and custom skeleton reel seats and have the Serial # on each section. The rods are totally custom made for the connoisseur.
The spey cork handle is a classic double handed style with a long, slim foregrip developed by Paul. The custom reel seat is a tradition downlocking skeleton, matte-finished aluminum and the waisted end cap with removable rubber button and the complimentary front cork check are the finishing tribute.
The Spring Creek handle is a delicate cork grip developed by Paul, similar to a Ritz style cork grip but shorter. The custom nickel silver reel seat is a downsliding skeleton seat. We place a removable rubber end protector on the nickel silver end cap.
Gaelic Supreme Paul Brown Tribute Rods have a brown rod bag and a cordura covered case with the Serial #, Model #, Length & Line Weight on the butt and the serial # on each section. Travel cases for multiple rods are an optional extra at time of purchase.
Paul Brown Tribute Rods
Style
Spring Creek
True Spey
Length
9' - 3"
15' - 3"
No. of Pieces
3
5
Line Weights
#3
#7/#8
SRP
Some Observations On Greased Line Spey Rods and Double Handed Fly Rods For Sunk Line and Overhead Casting
There has been a great deal of change in double handed rods and fishing with them since 1950. Rod materials have moved from bamboo to fibreglass, graphite, boron and titanium, etc..
Fly lines have changed as much as the rods, in fact the changing lines have caused the major changes in the rods, developing from double tapered silk lines to many different tapers of plastic lines and in particular, sinking shooting heads.
The classic spey fishing technique with a double taper greased silk line has been overrun by other techniques. First, forward taper lines and now shooting heads have become a very popular method of fishing with double handed rods. Casting methods for sinking shooting heads vary from a modified spey cast to overhead casting.
Shooting head rods require a different action for the different casting actions; an action that is close to a single handed progressive rod action. Shooting head rods will spey cast double taper floating lines with less efficency and effectiveness than the classic spey action. Also, a stiffer rod is better for raising a sunk line.
Shooting head fishing is most appropriate when fishing deep sinking lines or when saltwater fishing which is usually suited to overhead casting and sinking shooting head lines.
Classic spey rods require a butt action to slow the tempo of the rod together with a strong and steady power all the way through the tip to project easy power and control over both long and short lines. Classic spey rods cast shooting heads with far less efficiency and do not easily cast overhead.
Versatility in fishing very different types of water and very different weather conditions is not generally acknowledged as a classic spey fishing characteristic, but that is exactly why the technique has been used with great success for a hundred years. From a calm, sunny, Summer day to a near gale with horizontal sleet in November is equally suited weather conditions for spey fishing with a double taper floating line. Exceptional control of the line, fly and drift is a feature of spey fishing that is not replicated in other forms of fly fishing. Manipulating the line and fly through a drift, whether through a classic swing or through skinny pockets and holes is the hallmark of spey fishing.
Classic spey fishing with a floating double taper line is one of the most enjoyable experiences in fly fishing which happily also happens to be one of the most efficient ways to fish.
"Gaelic Supreme Classic Spey"
Double Handed Fly Rods
Spey fishing with a double taper floating line is one of the most enjoyable forms of fly fishing. Our Classic Spey Rods range from a 12', #6 for small rivers to a 18', #12 for big rivers and very heavy water and fish. The 15' range of spey rods is a classic length for classic rivers.
Our spey rods are the first "classic spey" action rods built from modern materials and designed specially to spey fish double taper floating lines. They have a very similar action to the greenheart rods of a hundred years ago, but about 15% of the weight (5oz verses 2lbs for the rod blank).
"Classic Spey" rods are designed specifically for spey fishing and spey casting double taper floating lines, and they do it with minimum effort and maximum joy. These are the traditional "Greased Line" spey fishing rods, designed for fishing in conditions from calm to near gale force conditions. No other rods will cast double taper lines in wind like our rods, and there is always wind on the best salmon and steelhead rivers. These rods are a very versatile fishing rod for fishing a river with varied flows of pools, riffles, pockets and holes. The timing of the rod allows an angler to manipulate a fly and line.
The 15' - 3", 18' - 3" and the 21' - 3" rods are classic large water lengths and weights. The 18' and 21' rods are classic "Fine and Far Off" spey rods for large waters and incredible line control. The 15' - 3" range are a classic spey length and are the most versatile rod in an anglers bag. The 15' rods are very easy to learn spey casting with and handle medium to quite large rivers. The 12' - 3" range is suited to small and medium size rivers. These rods are also very good for children and petite women to learn spey fishing as they are so light, although the #8wt, 15' spey rod is light enough for most people to handle and will handle 90% of the fishing conditions in North America. The 12' rods are ideal for small to medium streams and especially Great Lakes tributaries where anglers can fish small and medium sized streams in the same morning.
Gaelic Supreme rods are a dark green (forest green) colour. The wraps are a forest green also.
The reel seats and butt caps are custom for our rods.
The reel seats are down locking skeleton aluminium. These seats are lightweight, warm to the touch for cold weather fishing.
The butt caps are a very elegant and functional finishing touch to our unique rods. The rubber button is removable and can be swapped to a smaller or larger one to balance the rod.
The handle is a classic early English/American bamboo rod style except ours have a 15/16" diameter foregrip which has proved to be the most comfortable diameter. This size grip has only just been proved best in the rest of the world, but Paul Brown used this size grip on his rods twenty years ago!
Gaelic Supreme rods have the Serial # on each section and come complete with a green cordura covered carrying case and a rod bag. Travel cases for multiple rods are an optional extra at time of purchase.
Gaelic Supreme Rods will be available as we develop each particular rod. It is a slow process because we must get it right. It has taken me 11 years to get the first rod made, I hope the rest won't take as long! As rods are available we mark their box with and asterisk (*).
Utility Double Handed Rods.
The #10/#11 weight rods are a progressive action for overhead, shooting head and modified spey casting with sunk lines. The rest of our Double Handed rods are Classic Greased Line Spey, slow parabolic action.
Gaelic Supreme Classic Greased Line Spey
and Utility/Sunk Fly Double Handed Rods
Style
Spey
Spey
Utility/Sunk Fly
Spey
Length
12' - 3"
12' - 3"
12' - 3"
12' - 3"
No. of Pieces
4
4
4
4
Line Weights
#5/#6
#7/#8
#10/#11
#10/#11
SRP
Gaelic Supreme Classic Greased Line Spey
and Utiliy/Sunk Fly Double Handed Rods
Style
Spey
Spey
Utiliy/Sunk Fly
Length
15' - 3"
15' - 3"
15' - 3"
No. of Pieces
5
5
5
Line Weights
#7/#8
#10/#11
#10/#11
SRP
$1125.00
$1125.00
$1125.00
Gaelic Supreme Classic Greased Line Spey
and Utiliy/Sunk Fly Double Handed Rods
Style
Spey
Utility/Sunk Fly
Spey
Utility/Sunk Fly
Length
18' - 3"
18' - 3"
21' - 3"
21' - 3"
No. of Pieces
6
6
7
7
Line Weights
#10/#11
#10/#11
#10/#11
#10/#11
SRP
Some Observations On Single Handed Fly Rods
The advent of fibreglass and then graphite has changed the manufacturing process of fishing rods. Production lines have moved from hundreds of men and women hand making cane rods to machines and a few men and women making larger numbers of rods.
Both good and bad things have resulted from this change. There is less personal contact and so there is less sensitivity in rod making. There are opportunities for better quality control and quality assurance with more automation.
Advertising and image selling has become a big part of flyfishing. This is good when used responsibly and bad when abused. Human nature assures it will be cyclical as a whole and because flyfishing is a passion rather than a simple hoby, the core of experienced anglers will always be drawn to the good of the sport.
Rod action and casting techniques have been developed around two platforms:
1. Modern materials and production techniques.
2. Demonstration casting at shows and exhibitions.
It is unfortunate that most new flyfishers are exposed initially to show casting and the obligatory ego of the demonstrators. Demonstrations of casting a #4wt, 9' rod thirty yards over the end of the demonstraion pool is all too often the final memory of a would-be flyfisher. When the prospective buyers of fly rods now test a #4wt, 9' rod, the first they do is strip off 20 yards of line to make sure the rod will cast far enough for their ego to be unbruised. Flytackle Dealers at the Trade shows exhibit identical tendancies, with the bigger egos handling saltwater rods with stripping techniques as well as casting techniques. All this has little to do with fishing and the efficiency of the rod for actual fishing.
Modern materials have created opportunities to develop lighter fishing rods with predictable and reproducable actions.
Single handed rod actions are usually descibed as a speed of either parabolic or progressive action. This is convenient and very near the truth for the production companies. The constant churning out of new models and new materials every year to keep up sales numbers is too similar to the automobile industry that it is alarming. Developing a fly rod used to take many years and effort by many people, now it is a yearly requirement.
Mac Brown wrote a book called "Casting Angles", which I hope will be read by all flyfishermen. It is a milestone in flyfishing literature insomuch that it is based on independant, unbiased research. The book has turned most existing ideas upside down and inside out. Through exhaustive research and experimentation Mac developed his ideas on casting, rod action, line requirements, etc.. He found that beginners and advanced fishermen preferred exactly the same rod action and the very same rod, a horrible shock to the ego of some advanced casters. He found that the English definition of a dry fly rod and wet fly rod was exactly the wrong way round: a dry fly rod should be a slower action than a wet fly rod. How could the English be wrong for a hundred years?
Is it a coincidence that Paul Brown developed dry fly rods thirty years ago that meet Mac Browns theories 25 years later?
Scotsmen invented golf and now they come to plague flyfishing. Where will it end?
Perhaps it's because I went to Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Perhaps it's because I try to convert building owners in the USA to sustainable energy systems in my real life. Perhaps it's because I'm from Leicester in England, home to the "Leicester Terriers". Anyway, I saw profound merrit in Pauls rods and similar profundity in Macs Book, so I followed my nose to have the rods made and it has only taken 11 years to produce the first rod.
Dry fly rods with a slower than medium action that is a cross between a progressive and parabolic action. A development that takes a great deal of time and care to produce has the elation of success that a quick solution cannot give. We are developing a wonderful range of fishing rods that delight the most critical of anglers. One interesting point is that for the experienced angler, a #2wt rod is his favourite because he can catch big fish on small flies. Anglers have become ilogical about catching big fish on light tippets, they use tip actioned rods and are surprized when the fish keeps breaking them off. A butt actioned rod will preserve a light tippet and allow the angler to exert more pressure on a fish than a tip actioned rod. I call the #2, #3 and #4 dry fly rods because they are for small flies.
I have defined medium weight rods as #5, #6 and #7 weight rods. They are medium in line weights and are a medium action rod that serve very well as utility weight rods for large dry flies to large nymphs. The action of the rods become slightly less butt actioned as the weight of the rod increases, starting at a real medium action in the #5 weight rod.
Our heavy weight rods are defined as #8, #9 and #10 weight rods. These heavier line rods move the "kick point" of the rod slightly above the middle and so provide a quicker action than medium. The rods are designed to cast long lines, both shooting head and double taper. These rods are designed for heavy duty work: large flies and big fish; from salmon and steelhead to bonefish and tarpon.
"Gaelic Supreme Dry Fly"
Single Handed Rods.
These rods are designed to simulate a medium action bamboo rod at about a quarter of the weight. These rods are for the serious flyfisher to appreciate and use. These rods will not cast a country mile, but will cast with the sweetest action and present a fly with the most delicate and subtle presentation. Combine one with our Gaelic Supreme Silk fly line for the ultimate in presentation.
Playing and landing a fish with these rods is a delight for the serious angler, the rods apply great power while protecting delicate tippets. Landing big fish on our #1, #2, #3 and #4 weight rods is the ultimate experience. The concept of a full flex rod bringing in big fish quicker is both old and true. Tip actioned rods do not allow the angler to put much pressure on a fish for fear of breaking the tippet, whereas a full flex rod allows tremendous pressure to be exerted on fish and bring them to the net quickly.
Gaelic Supreme rods are a dark green (forrest green) colour. The wraps are a forest green also.
The reel seats are custom designed for our rods.
The reel seats are a lightweight downsliding skeleton nickel silver.
A note about our sliding band reel seats: they hold a reel foot very well because the sliding band has an internal taper so the band has good contact with both the reel foot and the seat. We have never had a problem with our reelseats coming loose, that only seems to happen when the sliding band does not have an internal taper.
The short cork hand grasps are a comforable shape for fishing, a style similar to the Charles Ritz design.
Gaelic Supreme rods have the Serial # on each section and come complete with a green cordura covered case and a rod sack. Travel cases for multiple rods are an optional extra at time of purchase.
Gaelic Supreme Full Flex, Dry Fly
Low Action Single Handed Rods
Style
High
High
High
Length
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
No. of Pieces
3
3
3
Line Weights
#8
#9
#10
SRP
"Gaelic Supreme" Mid Action
Single Handed Fly Rods.
These rods are designed to simulate a medium action bamboo rod at about a quarter of the weight. These rods are for the serious flyfisher to appreciate and use. These rods will not cast a country mile, but will cast with precision and present a fly with the most delicate and subtle presentation. Combine one with our Gaelic Supreme Silk fly line for the ultimate in presentation.
Playing and landing a big fish with these rods is a delight for the experienced angler, the rods apply great power while protecting medium tippets.
Gaelic Supreme rods are a dark green (forrest green) colour. The wraps are a forest green also.
The upsliding reel seats are custom designed for our rods.
The reel seats are lightweight upsliding nickel silver.
The cork handles are a comforable shape for fishing, a style very similar to the Charles Ritz design.
The #6 and #7 rods come with an optional heavy weight style handle, 2.5" fighting butt and uplocking reel seat, as the heavy range rods below. We suggest these handles when the rods are to be used for saltwater or similar duties.
Gaelic Supreme rods have the Serial # on each section and come complete with a green cordura covered case and a rod sack. Travel cases for multiple rods are an optional extra at time of purchase.
Gaelic Supreme Full Flex
Mid Action Single Handed Fly Rods
Style
*Medium*
Medium
Medium
Length
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
No. of Pieces
3
3
3
Line Weights
#5
#6
#7
SRP
$625.00
$625.00
$625.00
"Gaelic Supreme" High Action
Single Handed Fly Rods.
These rods are designed to simulate a medium-fast action bamboo rod at about a quarter of the weight. The action of these rods is the fastest action we prefer for fishing long lines and big flies. These rods are for the serious flyfisher to appreciate and use. These rods will cast a country mile, and will cast with precision and present a fly with the most delicate and subtle presentation. Combine one with our Gaelic Supreme Silk fly line for the ultimate in presentation.
Playing and landing a big fish with these rods is a delight for the experienced angler, the rods apply great power while protecting medium tippets.
Gaelic Supreme rods are a dark green (forrest green) colour. The wraps are a forest green also.
The uplocking reel seats are custom designed for our rods.
The reel seats are lightweight uplocking aluminium.
The cork handles are a comforable shape for fishing, a style very similar to the Charles Ritz design.
Gaelic Supreme rods have the Serial # on each section and come complete with a green cordura covered case and a rod sack. Travel cases for multiple rods are an optional extra at time of purchase.
Gaelic Supreme Full Flex
High Action Single Handed Fly Rods
Style
High
High
High
Length
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
9' - 3"
No. of Pieces
3
3
3
Line Weights
#8
#9
#10
SRP
Gaelic Supreme Fly Rods: the best rods crafted for the angler to enjoy and use as the best fishing tool.
Gaelic Supreme Rods will be available as we develop each particular rod. As rods are available we mark their box with and asterisk (*).
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