My dad taught me to fly fish when I was a kid. Not with a $1,000 graphite rod and some aerospace-grade reel, but with my grandfather's cane rod and English reel, casting a piece of cork as a fly.
That's what Pflueger represented. They made fly reels from the 1880s through most of the 20th century, and they weren't precious about it. These were working tools - machined brass and steel, simple click-and-pawl mechanisms that you could service yourself. The kind of gear that lived in a tackle box, got dunked in rivers, and kept working.
Black silhouette of an angler mid-cast over a hand-drafted Pflueger patent diagram, all against the green-pink-grey gradient of a rainbow trout. Before CAD, someone had to draft every component of that reel by hand. Every gear tooth, every screw hole, every measurement precise enough for machinists to manufacture from. That's not just technical documentation - that's craftsmanship at every level.
Vintage Pflueger ads are ghost-printed in the background, making those old promises about reliability. The difference is, they actually delivered. People are still fishing with Pfluegers from the 1950s. That's what "built to last" meant before it became a marketing phrase.
Original Painting: 2,200€, 120cm x 120cm, Acrylic on canvas
Shipping: Free shipping. 5-14 days, depending on your location.
Certification: Comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed, dated, and stamped by me.
Free Mockup
If you would like to see this artwork on your wall before you buy, you can send a photo of your wall, and I will create a mockup.
For best results, follow these steps:
Remove any clutter from in front of the wall. It would be best if the wall were blank.
Stick a piece of paper (with the size written on the sheet, i.e, “A4” or “Letter”), a Dollar/Euro, or ruler, to the wall as a size reference.
Take a natural, well-lit image of your wall.
Email your photo and the size of the print you’re interested in to studio@evansmade.com
I’ll email your photoshopped image within 1-2 working days.
NOTE
This painting comes stretched and ready to hang. It DOES NOT come framed. If you’re interested in having it framed first, please contact me directly.
My dad taught me to fly fish when I was a kid. Not with a $1,000 graphite rod and some aerospace-grade reel, but with my grandfather's cane rod and English reel, casting a piece of cork as a fly.
That's what Pflueger represented. They made fly reels from the 1880s through most of the 20th century, and they weren't precious about it. These were working tools - machined brass and steel, simple click-and-pawl mechanisms that you could service yourself. The kind of gear that lived in a tackle box, got dunked in rivers, and kept working.
Black silhouette of an angler mid-cast over a hand-drafted Pflueger patent diagram, all against the green-pink-grey gradient of a rainbow trout. Before CAD, someone had to draft every component of that reel by hand. Every gear tooth, every screw hole, every measurement precise enough for machinists to manufacture from. That's not just technical documentation - that's craftsmanship at every level.
Vintage Pflueger ads are ghost-printed in the background, making those old promises about reliability. The difference is, they actually delivered. People are still fishing with Pfluegers from the 1950s. That's what "built to last" meant before it became a marketing phrase.
Original Painting: 2,200€, 120cm x 120cm, Acrylic on canvas
Shipping: Free shipping. 5-14 days, depending on your location.
Certification: Comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed, dated, and stamped by me.
Free Mockup
If you would like to see this artwork on your wall before you buy, you can send a photo of your wall, and I will create a mockup.
For best results, follow these steps:
Remove any clutter from in front of the wall. It would be best if the wall were blank.
Stick a piece of paper (with the size written on the sheet, i.e, “A4” or “Letter”), a Dollar/Euro, or ruler, to the wall as a size reference.
Take a natural, well-lit image of your wall.
Email your photo and the size of the print you’re interested in to studio@evansmade.com
I’ll email your photoshopped image within 1-2 working days.
NOTE
This painting comes stretched and ready to hang. It DOES NOT come framed. If you’re interested in having it framed first, please contact me directly.
