Our Roots: Innovation born of purpose
Our journey began when Waterworks acquired the original Lamson brand in 1998, uniting two legacies of technical design and a shared ethos of elegance in function. But the story goes deeper: the founders, originally from a bike and design background, brought their experience in lightweight components and precision machining into fly fishing. What began with a better fish-release tool evolved into a full line of reels and rods built from the ground up for performance and durability. In 2023 we dropped the Waterworks part of our name to simplify our name.
Operating out of our homebase in Idaho, we travel and test our product in the rivers and waters that inspire us, iterating designs until they feel as natural as the bend of the rod or the tight loops of the line.
