Gary Lacey’s Granger Series Fly Rods

Gary Lacey is a true American craftsman. With he permission of the Wright and McGill company Gary has begun production of the third generation Grangers. From his workshop just outside Atlanta, Gary combines modern and old world techniques to produce the beautiful high quality rods that are the hallmark of the Granger name. In addition to the traditional Granger models. Gary also crafts his own line of artisan rods that are fine-tuned and customized to your exact specifications.

Granger Bamboo Fly Rod Series

Goodwin Granger had an amazing vision and set out to build a fly rod that was affordable to the fly angler, yet had incredible casting characteristics. Granger began in the early 1900’s in Denver. To this day, Granger bamboo rods are sought by collectors around the globe for casting quality. In 1955, because of the introduction of various new rod building materials, production of Granger bamboo rods stopped. Wright & McGill ended up with the remaining assets of the Granger rod building legacy.

With an exclusive agreement, Lacey & Johnson are authorized to build Granger bamboo rods once again. Their goal is aligned with the original Granger philosophy build the finest casting rod on the market with the best parts and finish for the money. These are truly some of the best split cane rod canes you can own.

The tapers are based on the original Granger’s rods and Wright & McGill rods specifications. You can ask for either the original taper, or a Wright & McGill taper. The original blanks were built with a hide glue and had reel seats made of thin nickel silver. Our new Granger blanks benefit from newer technology and the best bamboo possible. Chinese Tonkin bamboo is used that has been dried and hardened, split, planed, and finally glued with URAC 185, which is more resistant to water and mildew than hide glue, yet it retains the casting characteristics of hide glue. The beautiful color of the pre 1955 Grangers is preserved with the original ammonia vapor techniques

More features include:
Nickel silver reel seat that is much heavier gauge than original
Hardened steel guides
Traditional silk thread wrap colors and patterns
Optional agate and “agateen” stripping guides
Multiple layers of a marine grade spar varnish finish

The granger series consists of:
Granger Aristocrat
Granger Special
Granger Favorite
Granger Deluxe
Granger Registered

These amazing rods start at $1595 and range upwards to the $2500 USD mark.