Our Story, and Our Credo
Do you dream of catching fish the size of your leg on a fly rod? Are you used to the kind of sore arms that come from double-hauling a 10-weight rod all day? Does your fly box look like a collection of small tropical birds?
Do you have Esox Fever?
I specialize in hand-crafting rods and flies to help you land that trophy. I've been building my own rods and tying my own flies for over 40 years (Which seems impossible, but it's true). Chasing Musky on the fly has been such a thrill, bordering on obsession, it finally pushed me to open this shop.
My goal with Champlain Flyworks is to offer the finest handmade musky flies and custom predator-ready fly rods you will find anywhere online. I won't ship you anything I wouldn't proudly use myself; most of the flies pictured on these pages have been fished (in some pictures it is kind of obvious), and all of the fish shown were caught on fly rods I built and flies I tied (even when I'm not the guy in the picture).
I use the highest quality materials I can find:
- Epic brand fiberglass blanks from Swift Fly Fishing in New Zealand
- Composite Graphite blanks from Lamiglas, Epic, Temple Fork, and MudHole
- Fuji K-seriers Titanium stripping guides and tip-tops with SiC or Torzite rings
- Snake brand running guides, or oversized Fuji K-series single foot running guides
- Kona, Gamakatsu, Ahrex, and Partridge hooks
- Whiting American rooster saddles, hen saddles, and CDL Predator Packs
- Chocklett's Body Tubing and Filler Flash
- Ernesto Puglisi Ultra Brush, Foxy Brush, Minnow fibers, and GC eyes
- Flymen Dragon Eyes and 3D Living Eyes
- Flymen Fish Skull Articulated Fish Spine and Big Game Shanks
- Top quality LONG bucktail wherever I can find it.
Thanks for your business!