I love photography of reels. So during many years a collection of photographs came into existence. It seemed an idea to me to offer you an insight in some aspects of reel design that might be of interest to everybody who loves fishing, rods, reels, design and technology. The photo gallery is featuring the following subjects:

• Engravings / detailed pictures from free hand engravings by Anne Miek den Braven.
• C series reel clicker -only with gold plated screws, which we made on special request for one of our U.S. customers.
• The "Topaz" a light, transparant, large arbor reel. Both spool and frame are titanium monoblocks!! Saltwater reel.
• Miscellaneous:
  • The Lee Wulff commemorative reel, with the corresponding text from Len Codella's heritage fishing tackle catalog.
  • How my reel design began... 1967.
  • My first fishing reel... 1957.
  • Design drawings and prototype.
  • Series A #5 with Mayfly pattern.

Anne Miek den Braven at work. She does all the top quality free hand engravings on The Beaverkill series and the Salt Water series (see next photographs).

In 1967 when I was studying at the Academy of Industrial Design in the city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, I designed and made this fly reel. It has an interesting drag system: by deforming the Delrin frame you will stop most trout... This reel was the starting point for the design of the A series... The ideas behind this reel (function and simplicity) are still incorporated in the L.H. Design philososophy.

Every saturday morning I cleaned up the mess in a machine shop. In 1957 one guilder (about fifty euro cent) seemed alot of money to me... Six guilders made the deal and my pike fishing possibillities were greatly improved... This reel was (and is) treasured and has a prominent place in my collection.