Custom Built Fishing Rods

Anglers everywhere have been flocking to Leatherbarrow Angling centre since the late 1960’s to have their fly-​fishing rods custom made and tailored to their needs. It is quite a large shop, well organised with a full range of rods and fishing tackle a far cry from my butterfly net I used to use when I was a child. I popped in to have a mooch around, not because I believe that I will catch the largest pike in Britain and have my photo with aforementioned pike plastered across all the broadsheets, but because my god-​son has expressed an interest in fishing and I thought I would check this very British past-​time out.
Colin Leatherbarrow, owner and expert regarded me with an expression of bemusement as I tottered to the counter in my four inch stilettos and asked him to show me a rod… oh dear. With slightly twitching lips he told me to bring the god-​son in and he could talk him through what he will need to get started. He sells and makes carp and specialist rods from £125, fly rods from £150 and there are so many different types and specifications that my head began to hurt. My mind drifted away from rods and my gaze fell on a stuffed framed fish on the wall which gave the shop a fishy authenticity. By this time I was far too embarrassed to ask Colin if this was one of his catches but well done if it was because this was a monster!
Perhaps this shop is a little too advanced for my god-​son and should be left for the more experienced angler to visit. Maybe I should dig out my butterfly net and give it to him after all.