30 April 2019 New Zealand premium rod company CTS is excited to announce that Drew Chicone has joined its team as a US Ambassador. Drew is an author, award-winning outdoor writer and fly designer, photographer, lecturer, and materials... Continue reading
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16 January 2019 | Jono Winnel You can find Christian Hörgren’s fly rod building studio on one of the many islands that form the city of Stockholm, Sweden. It’s not far from the Town Hall where the Nobel... Continue reading
Despite being born in an Alpine country I was infected with the saltwater fly fishing virus about two decades ago. I have been travelling to numerous destinations around the globe since, always in search of the irresistible turquoise... Continue reading
What are your older (even vintage) fishing rods made of, and what do we use nowadays? In the second blog of our CTS tech series, we're taking a look at fishing rod blank materials. The earliest fishing rods were... Continue reading
Sergey Gatsenko used a CTS Competition Cast 10’ to win Gold for distance fly casting in the Third Stage of the of the 2018 All-Russian Fly-Casting Tournament. This year the tournament was held in three stages and the third and... Continue reading
Welcome to the first of our series of CTS blogs focused on something we're pretty hooked on: Technology. It's changed the face of fishing and rod design, and it's what we live and breathe at CTS. When the... Continue reading
It must’ve been close to midnight, though I couldn’t be sure. We had been fishing all day and I hadn’t checked the time once. The sun won’t set and there was nothing to stop us from fishing. There’s... Continue reading
The Rodsmith’s Guild has honoured CTS founder, Stephen Pratt, with the distinction of Master Designer / Maker. The Rodsmith’s Guild™ is a trade guild dedicated to identifying and distinguishing the skilled craftsmen and artisans that are practicing in... Continue reading
Hendrik pays us another visit, to tell you more about CTS and Maven and give you another glimpse into our world. See some of the amazing competition entries from ICRBE 2017, and catch up on our newest technology... Continue reading
We hosted Two Cowboys & a Camera at CTS in November. They’re story tellers who travel the world visiting makers and producers in local communities – Makers like CTS and MAVEN, our finished rod company. We were delighted to... Continue reading
