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Fly-rod design involves the fusion of creative ideas with empirical reality, imaginative thinking with practical engineering. Our design approach achieves this synthesis through two new and proprietary techniques—Finite Element Analysis FEA and Tuned Mass Dampening TMD.

These innovative tools enable us to predict, manipulate, and tune a rod’s performance in much the same way that counterweights and balancing eliminate harmonic vibration in a blueprinted engine.

At Freestone, we engineer the casting characteristics of a rod before we build it. In conventional fly-rod making, it’s the other way around. We invite you to cast one for yourself and feel the difference.

We don’t just build great rods, we design them to embody a deliberate performance idea. That’s the art in what we do. New designs are then digitally evaluated for optimum function and casting efficiency. That’s the science in what we do.

When art (TMD) is wedded to science (FEA), the result is superior BALANCE.

And our balance makes the difference between a fly rod that merely casts and one that really delivers.

freestone_864.jpg Freestone Rod : 864
$1,250.00
The 864 is our shortest, lightest, graphite model, precision-tuned for casting dry flies. For rods that take lighter line weights, travel to Eden Cane bamboo country.

The 864 simply owns high-country brook trout and cutthroat waters. At its best with small to medium dries and nymphs, it still has enough backbone to handle hoppers and woolly buggers when needed.

Weight: 3.10 oz +/-

Grip: 6"



freestone_865.jpg Freestone Rod : 865
$1,250.00
An all-around Western 5-weight, the 865 is especially adroit with dries. This versatile865 will handle a broad spectrum of casting challenges – from close, delicate work to pounding the banks with streamers from a drift boat.

Weight: 3.12 oz +/-

Grip: 6"



freestone_866.jpg Freestone Rod : 866
$1,250.00
This all-’rounder is, among other things, an excellent drift boat rod. It will deliver anything from dry flies to ugly depth-charge rigs with pinpoint accuracy. Like our 865 only mas macho.


Weight: 3.14 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_894.jpg Freestone Rod : 894
$1,250.00
More limber than the 864, tighter than the 904, the 894 exists in a sweet spot all its own. It’s equally at home with dries and nymphs. The 894 is a perfect choice for your all-around, Western-style 4-weight.

Weight: 3.20 oz +/-

Grip: 6"
freestone_904.jpg Freestone Rod : 904
$1,250.00
If light-line nymphing or precision dry fly is your thing, this 4-weight will not disappoint. The accurate, graceful 904 is a great roll caster and a mending monster. The 904 has the sensitivity to pick up very subtle takes, while still making it easy to get your fish to hand.


Weight: 3.220 oz +/-

Grip: 6"
freestone_905.jpg Freestone Rod : 905
$1,250.00
A nine-foot 5-weight is universally considered to be “The Western Graphite Rod” of choice, and ours is the teacher’s pet. The 905 will handle dries like a 4-weight and streamers like a 6-weight. It’s a precision machine that breaks the rules and heads up the class.

Weight: 3.28 oz +/-

Grip: 6"
freestone_906.jpg Freestone Rod : 906
$1,250.00
This workhorse is a definite “go to” rod. Well-rounded, with a finely tuned balance of power and responsiveness, the 906 handles dry flies like a champ – and it really shines with nymphs and streamers.


Weight: 3.36 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"
freestone_907.jpg Freestone Rod : 907
$1,250.00
Trout, bass, pike, steelhead – no problem. The 907, the most versatile performer in our heavy-line rods, is an iron fist in a velvet glove. This rod delivers power with unbelievable finesse.

Weight: 3.74 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_908.jpg Freestone Rod : 908
$1,250.00
Our 908 is an authoritative powerhouse, a barbarian with sleek and nimble table manners.

Weight: 3.84 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_965.jpg Freestone Rod : 965
$1,250.00
Conventional wisdom dictates that longer 5-weights are “clunkers”. That verdict is largely well deserved, but not for our 965. This rod performs with all the aplomb of a solid 9-footer, but that extra 6 inches gives you significantly more line control.


Weight: 3.72 oz +/-

Grip: 6"
freestone_966.jpg Freestone Rod : 966
$1,250.00
For a larger rod, the 966 still fishes easily and comfortably, equally at home fishing big flies for trophy trout or swinging wets for steelhead.

Weight: 3.84 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_967.jpg Freestone Rod : 967
$1,250.00
The 967 is a great steelhead rod. Skating dries or plumbing the depths, this rod will do it with style and ease. The 967 is also our personal preference for fishing larger lakes for trout, and the first rod we pack for Patagonia.

Weight: 3.88 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_968.jpg Freestone Rod : 968
$1,250.00

Weight: 4.12 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_1007.jpg Freestone Rod : 1007
$1,250.00
The 1007 is an excellent single-hand Spey casting weapon. Our cutting edge design and construction technology let us produce a 1007 that is light in the hand and perfectly balanced.

Weight: 4.16 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



freestone_1008.jpg Freestone Rod : 1008
$1,250.00
While built to mirror the 1007, the 1008 has more tip power for handling sinking heads and big flies. You’ll appreciate its balance and subtlety.

Weight: 4.20 oz +/-

Grip: 6.5"



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