The 686 "Starsky" - Groovy!

Far out! - Slide on your Aviators and crank up the Doobie Brothers - We're rocking a Classic!

Limited Edition Collectors Series
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Redfish Machine

The Epic 888. At home in the Louisiana backcountry busting Redfish

Handcrafted - Tough - Beautiful.
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Backcountry dry fly

The Epic 580. The back country battler - Developed in New Zealand.

Handcrafted - Tough - Beautiful.
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Forged by natures elements

The Epic 686. The versatile dependable all rounder.

Handcrafted - Tough - Beautiful.
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At home in Montana.

Our FastGlass® fly rods win hearts and souls around the world.

Handcrafted - Tough - Beautiful.
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New Gen II Nano-tech

New technology fly rods, blanks and kits featuring leading technology and our new "Ground Ferrule System"

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New 'Katana' Rod Tubes

Unique hand ferruled rod tubes that change the game

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New Epic Rod Turner

A portable rod turner that makes rod building a breeze

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EPIC FLY RODS - HIGH TECH DESIGN - OLD SCHOOL LOVE

At Swift we use premium components and time honoured techniques to handcraft the world's most remarkable fly rods.

At Swift we design and create small runs of unique, extremely high quality fly rods. You'll find none better.
Epic fly rods incorporate the classic designers concept of “Truth to the Material” which holds that any material should be used where it is most appropriate and its nature should not be hidden. With this ethos in mind each Epic fly rod uses components that we believe are the very best. Each fly rod is handcrafted one at a time in our small studio workshop - no detail is overlooked.

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Featured products

686 Black Special Edition

$1,150.00 NZD

686 70's Special "Starsky"

$1,195.00 NZD

690 C Carbon Fiber Fly Rod

From $1,295.00 NZD

Epic 590 C premium quality handcrafted fly rod

590 C Carbon Fiber Fly Rod

From $1,295.00 NZD

Special Offer

690 C Carbon Fibre Ready to Wrap Kit

From $649.00 NZD $695.00 NZD

Special Offer

590C Carbon Fibre Ready to Wrap Fly Rod Kit

From $649.00 NZD $695.00 NZD

990 Ready to Wrap Kit

$649.00 NZD

990 FastGlass Fly Rod

$1,150.00 NZD

5wt Glassline Fly line

$100.00 NZD

Epic Glassline Weight Forward

$100.00 NZD

Epic Glassline Double Taper

$100.00 NZD

From the Blog

The Epic Rod Turner

The New Epic battery operated fly rod turner and drying motor. Makes drying and levelling epoxy wraps a breeze. Produced exclusively for us by our friends at C&F Design.

Jul 10, 2017
Carl McNeil

New Nano-Tech Generation II Carbon Fibre Fly Rod Blanks

Epic Carbon Fibre Graphite fly rod blanks While there's lots of clever tech in these new designs making them lighter and stronger, the feature that fly anglers will get the most benefit from is our new ground ferrule system.

Jul 10, 2017
Carl McNeil

The Epic Rod Tube

Epic translucent ferruled fiberglass rod tube

Everything we do is different, better. Our rod tube is no exception. Introducing the Epic hand ferruled 'Katana' rod tube in either translucent glass or black glass.

Light, tough, and just bloody clever.

Jul 07, 2017
Carl McNeil

70's Custom Epic 686 Fly Rod - Yeah Baby!

Custom Epic Fiberglass Fly Rod Collectors Edition

FAR OUT!! - Trev' and the team in the workshop have gone all retro on this baby. Stunning workmanship, classic style and attention to detail are the hallmarks of this Funky Collectors 686.