THE SPARTON FLYROD RANGES

All Sparton Blanks are made from Newport 3, HR40, T800 HMG or even more advanced composite weaves under development and peculiar to the companies who make our blanks. Our own rods we build exclusively on British Harrison blanks exclusively – Steve Harrison is a good bloke with major brainpower !! So is 'Technical Mick ' Helliwell his able assistant !!

We have designed and built rods successfully for 24 years. Most of our work is Specialist Still and Saltwater based. We finish using Top Grade Corks and Rings. We use a No-Nonsense approach: fitting Single and Triple Leg Ceramics as Standard and inbuilding stub extensions as standard on all rods over 9'6". If you want Snakes and an American Type of Build we will do it for you. Compared with other British Producers we aren't expensive ! Sadly there aren't many of us rodbuilders left in the UK, soon we'll be the last men standing !

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also supply a British Made Heavy Duty Rodbag with each of our rods.

You cannot beat our Heavy Leadlining, Lure and Bank Rods - nobody else has expertise in these fields to compare with us. Take a look at the photo below! The General, AFTM 9# to 11#, The Imperator, AFTM 11# to 13# and The Beastmaster AFTM 13# to 15# !

Our Nymph rods aren't as sharp in action as Americans - we don't design for short accurate fairweather casting like Americans do for Americans - we design for 25 yards plus in the UK on Bad Weather Days ! Stratonymphs come in all shapes and sizes to suit. 10' AFTM 7#-8#, 10' AFTM 6#-7# ... See below for a full list of rod lengths and AFTM ratings.

O ur unique expertise worldwide is in the Manufacture of Floattubing Rods capable of three fly semi traditional work and we firmly believe our New 3 Piece Float Tube Special AFTM 7#-8# in High Modulus Graphite is the very best available anywhere ! The Superliner is pretty good as well !

We also do a range of river and brook rods to suit your needs. Here's a Derwent and two Manifolds. We can obtain shorter rods as required. Each rod is hand built and finished by Steve, no one else gets involved ! See below for a fuller list. Give us a call if you can't see what you're looking for. We'll be pleased to hear from you !

Each rod is the product of decades of R&D into flyfishing and is individualy finished to a very high standard. The emphasis is on the right rod for the right job. Whatever your flyfishing speciality is, if it's not on the list below, Steve can build it !

11' Superliner   AFTM 6#/7# 3 Piece Traditional Boat Rod                   £189:95p

10'6" Advantage  AFTM 8#/9#  3 Piece Grilse Single Hand Seatrouter   £189:95p

10'6" AdvantageWavemaster    AFTM 7#/8#  3 Piece Traditional Boat   £189:95p

10'  Beastmaster   AFTM 13#/15#  2 Piece Ultimate Leadliner                £189:00p

10'  Imperator       AFTM 11#/13# 2 Piece Lead /Heavy Heads            £189:00p

       This is the one Mike Barrett took the 1998 11.5lb Rutland Brownie on !

10' General        AFTM 9#/11# 2 Piece  Lure, Alaska Salmon                 £179:00p

10' Stratonymph    AFTM  7#/8#   3 Piece     Perfect Allrounder              £179:95p

10' Stratonymph    AFTM 7#/8#  2 Piece   Bank Nymph / Boat Booby    £179:00p

10' Stratonymph    AFTM 6#/7#  2 Piece   Light Bank and Floattube        £179:00p

10'  Stratonymph   AFTM 6#/7# 3 Piece  Introduced by popular request £179:95p

10' Stratonymph    AFTM  4#/5# 2 Piece Hyper Light Liner                    £169:00p

9'6" Stratonymphs AFTM 7#/8#, 6#/7#, 4#/5# 2 Piece                          £169:00p

9'   Derwent      AFTM   5#/6#  2 Piece Dry Fly - Larger River             £159:00p

8'6" Manifold   AFTM   3#/4#  2 Piece  Dry Fly and Nymph Classic   £159:00p

8' - 7'6" - 7' - and even 6' Rods in various AFTM Sizes available on special order.

If it isn't listed and you can wait a month or two it is possible that the Good Dr H may have already beaten you to the punch and done the job or he may be willing to have a go anyway we are always looking to do development on sensible new rods.

NEW FAST ACTION TRAVELLERS

9' Four Piece Beachmaster - For Bonefish, Reds, Snook and Jacks Finished in Iron Blue on Undressed Blanks from Harrison - Snake Ringed for Florida, Cuba and Bahama conditions in the wind and mangroves, available in 7# and 8#.

 With travelling case                                                                            £189:00p

And Now the New 9' Four Piece True 5# the one we developed for the travelling River Specialist – Snakes or Fuji Singles – your choice                                  £189:95p

SCOOP PURCHASE !!!! Overproduced stock !!

Superb 10' 2 Piece AFTM 6# -7# Interceptor !! High Grade Carbon Blanks, British Built on Tasteful Grey Ceramics, Scroll Handle, Fuji Style Winch - ideal bank, boat and tube rod in British Built Rodbag and Tube - whilst stocks last                               £79: 95p !!!!

Interceptor Luxe as above but with Sic Guides - this is a class action suitable for bank nymphing and general over the front boat work I haven't seen a better value British rod  - Cordura Tube                                                                           incl p&p £99:95p !!

Ranger 10' AFTM 7#/8# Plainly Finished in Matt Tyson Skin Colour with Ceramic Rings Fuji Style Winch and Inbuilt Stub Extension                                             £49:95p

Ranger 9' 6" AFTM 7#/8# Same as the longer one                                   £49:95p

SALMON SPECIALS

The Good Doctor Harrison's Salmon Blanks are absolutely functionally brilliant, used by everybody who knows about rods - he sells more of them in a year then Sage do by a very long way.

Ours are built on them - Fuji Rings, Fuji Reelseat, Top Grade Cork and a decent bulge at the butt ! Brown finish with tasteful whippings and the bag and the tube thrown in .

13'  AFTM 8#-9# Three Piece Small River                                      £249:00p

13'6" AFTM 9#10# Superb and Harrison's Best Blank yet !                £249:00p

15'  AFTM 9#-11# Three Piece Speycaster                                        £249:00p

16'  AFTM 10 #- 12# Three Piece Allround                                       £249:00p

GRAYLING NYMPH

10' AFTM 6# Designed for using specifically with a Double Tapered line for specialists in the fine art. Traditional action and the ability to manipulate the nymph in the stream precisely - even some forms of Czech tactics. Finished in Lincoln Green on a Graphite blank of startling quality, snake ringed, Fuji lightweight sytle reelseat and super comfortable handle shape. Designed by Steve Trigg.  

Nextday Delivered In Cordura Tube                                                  £99:95p  

CZECHMATE

9'10" Specialist Two Piece Heavy Stream Nympher tuned for the precise requirements of the increasingly popular Czech Style. Carbon Grey finished in subtle dark green. Snake Ringed, modified scroll handle with short cork extension, Fuji style lightweight reelseat .

Nextday delivered in Cordura Tube                                                £110:00p

LIFETIME GUARANTEE

If you want a lifetime guarantee from us you'll get one - just send double the price of the rod and we'll put you on the list ! Or if you'd like to give us £300 for something built in Korea and passed off as American we'll forget the Guarantee and just send you the six almost identicals you'd have got from Shakespeare's ( honest traders ! ) for the same money ! Or you may be interested in contacting and buying Messrs Sage who, it is rumoured have lost so much money playing this game but with honestly made expensive American made Blanks - that the owners are desperate to sell them on !

 LOOMIS , SAGE , OTHER AMERICANS 

You may be interested to know that we , along with all the other smaller Dealers got struck out by Sage a few seasons ago . We were very annoyed and it did take some effort to even get a thanks for your efforts letter out of them .

What more do you expect from folks whose golf team goes whacko on the 17th in the odd Ryder Cup ! ( Tho' as a result of my previous comments their team definitely has gotten better behaved and they took their drubbing quite well in 2004– let's see how they do in the next one before we revise our opinion of them ! ) Loomis then welcomed us with open arms. And we did ok building on their blanks. But eventually we have decided after Loomis twice changed distributors in a very short time to formally discontinue any involvement with any American Blank or Rrod Mmanufacturer .

There are other reasons -  firstly that we have seen the steady development by Dr Harrison of British Made Blanks of identical tip actioned styles to those favored by Americans generally . Nowadays British rods are at least as good if not practically better than American and they are far far cheaper ! And we can build them with proper handles and top grade rings suitable for British conditions . Secondly the growing realisation that Americans are pretty useless at all forms of Stillwater Fly Fishing - when will they even place at World Cup Level ? And when was the last time you met any normal American who could cast as far as you could !

So you had better ask yourself why do you want to buy rods from a nation of useless performers and do they know anything about stillwater rods at all except about cosmetising , advertising and marketting ?

Thirdly the movement of manufacture by Americans from America to the Far East . Not all major Americans are doing this yet but many very definitely are and prices of goods moved into and out of the USA have not been reduced to reflect alternative sourcing - no surprise there ! Recent Court Submissions in Forgery actions have revealed that even the longest established and ostensibly most respectable American Companies are not above having their finishing cheaply done in the Orient .

And finally American rods also suffer from the multiplier effect when bought in the UK - they are almost invariably twice as expensive as identicals bought in the USA . Frankly, if you really do want an American rod you are insane if you don't buy it in the USA .

It takes less than 2 hours of labour and £25 worth of components to make , fit , ring (and even provide a rodbag for ) an American Trout Rod of any kind in Carbon Fibre -  the most expensive input is the tube they come in - and could you justify a price of £600 on that basis ?  I won't any longer . 

MESSAGE TO ALL AMERICAN ROD MAKERS - Honest - if you pay me for the consultation I will gladly advise you confidentially of how the British Market works and I'll even find you the right person to undertake your Importation or I'll tell you if you have no chance at all . I can't stand the series of pure cock ups that Americans have made in this marketplace over the last two decades . It has been really grieving me a lot ! They seem individually almost as clueless as their Foreign Policy wonks!

IMPORT DUTY AND VAT EVASION !

We live in the real World  - we are well aware that most folks who travel across the Atlantic know how cheap it is to buy blanks in the USA , parts of Canada and Mexico.  Be aware that we are well able to build your blank up into the nice cheap rod you wanted . Since Sage dumped us we have built more Black Sage Imports than we ever used to sell straight - every one we build is a job they didn't get paid to do ! And we take a malicious delight in fitting better rings , reelseats and cork handles ! And that is why visiting Americans bring us Loomis , Sage and other blanks for building - they get a better job done cheaper here than they can at home !

FLYROD ACCESSORIES

ROD BAGS   - After years of crap rodbags letting our superior rods down badly I finally  got sick and tired of it so I have bought some Industrial Sewing Machines , taken the courses , trained the rest of the staff and now we make them personally and they are very ok at last !!

 TWO PIECE 9',   9'6",   10',  11'                                  Each £3:99p

 THREE PIECE 9',   10',  11',   12'                                 Each  £4:49p

 MADE TO MEASURE SPECIALS -    Suit You Sir !!         Each £5:75p!

AND OUR SEWING EXPLOITS DIDN'T END THERE !

FABRIC COVERED TUBES - . Zip cap closure . Nice soft bungs at each end . Handle and Carrying strap . Your choice of internal diameters from tiny Brook Rods to Four Piece Salmon - just tell us and we make for you ! Available elsewhere at silly prices - any size you want we make for you specially ! Green, Olive, Red or Black Cordura outers (When you measure your rod for us - do include the length of the spigot - the return postage is fierce – and we aren't going to pay it !)         each    £16:95p.

TRAVELLER CASES - These are heavier tubes made specially to your  requirements and aimed at the Air Traveller who has the wit to carry multipiece rods on as Hand Luggage - Bespoke from £19:95p - £29:95p depending on you !

TRIPLE SALMON ROD TUBE - For the Salmon Fanatic - takes up to 3  three piece 16 footers  - as above but bigger and with an adjustable sensible carrying strap                                                                          each   £29:95p

RESERVOIR BOAT CARRIER - Features 4 Tubes , each tube can take 2 rods or a Landing Net Handle - just the best thing we ever made for the Serious Boat Fisherman . Take the lot with you - Straps and Sling Included   £32:95p

FABULOUS CORDURA ROD ON REEL TUBES

Cladded and padded with zip closure at the reel . Best grade Cordura , made by me and the boys ! These are big enough to fit rods with extension handles on . We make the standard one big enough to cope with a 10' with extension and we can make them bigger or smaller to suit your requirements . No extra charge !!! The best quality in the UK - at a Manufacturer Direct Price !

Single Tube for one Rod and Reel                                       each       £19:95p

Double Tube for Two Rods and Reels                                   each      £29:95p

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THIS YEAR'S NEW PERVERSIONS !!

i) SPARTON Pencil Golf Bag - Ultralightweight  Holds 7 Clubs and a few balls & tees - in 1000 Dexitex Cordura - Padded Strap -  375 gms                   £24:95p

ii ) The Steve Parton Superlite Golf Bag - Takes a full set , umbrella , waterproofs plus balls & tees - in 1000 Decitex Cordura - Padded Strap 700 gms – The Original is a bit dirty after 300 Rounds but in terms of wear - Unmarked !!  If you use decent materials things last for years !                                   £49:95p

iii) WEIRD ONE OFFS So far this year we have made Carrying Cases for Musical Saws , Tai Chi Sabres , Flutes , Giant Mosquito Headnets For folks who wear Stetsons and want small tents to go over the lot , carrying straps for Golf Trolley Batteries, Piccolo and Fife Cases. And A Huge Mosquito Net for inside an American Indian Sweat Lodge ( we think ) Then There was the Patented Prototype Inflatable Boat Fender 10 feet long ! Frankly we like a challenge and as long as you'll pay us for the whole time the job takes ( And Not At Garage Rates , either ! ) we'll have a go for you !

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SAVIN G YOUR RODS FROM GETTING SMASHED & BROKEN

My pal Ron and His Mates John and Terry have come up with two really neat devices for saving your rods from mangling .........

The Auto Rod Stand - this is a shaped bit of plastic that fits onto the top of your car window . It stands off and what you do is to stand your rod up against the car window with it securely held so it cannot blow over in a wind and you don't stand on it or another car doesn't come along and drive over it etc etc . There's an illustration on the cover !

             Save your rods for a pittance !!!!!         £1:99p each !

The Rod Saver - is a clamp that fits along the thwarts of your boat and you securely clamp your rod in it - either vertically or horizontally - when you are travelling up the wind or wherever . ( You can even use it to hold your rod when you are trolling legally ! )  Wonderfully constructed from durable Aluminium and nylon etc

       Save your rods for a bit more than a pittance but great value at

                                                       .............       £14:99p each !