CD-Sports / CD-Rods

CD-Sports is a talented New Zealand company renowned for its cutting edge technology and is one of the leading fishing rod manufacturers in the world. In 2004, the state-of-the-art XLS fly rod was named the best new product at EFFTEX, London.

Through innovation and a bit of Kiwi know how, the CD-Rods brand is able to compete with the best throughout the world. CD-Rods offer a life-time warranty and free delivery world-wide. CD-Sports also stocks a wide range of high quality fishing reels, rods, blanks and accessories and is proud to sponsor the New Zealand national fly fishing championships.

CD-Sports (Composite Developments)

www.cdrods.co.nz

View a range of products and pricing online at www.cdrods.co.nz

• Rods, reels, line and blanks
• Waders, boots, vests, jackets and caps
• Rod bags, rod tubes, tackle bags and wader bags
• Polarized glasses

The CD-Sports website lists:

• New Zealand retailers
  Note that CD-Sports cannot sell directly to New Zealand customers through the website for legal reasons.
• Australian retailers
• International agents who can advise by email where to buy CD-Rods products in the USA, Canada, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Thailand and Russia.

CD-Sports success can be attributed to its passionate and highly educated workforce who all enjoy the great outdoors of New Zealand and know first hand what the products need to do and why. The creative and focused nature of the company also means that new and exciting products and technologies are constantly being developed.

CD-Rods is committed to its unique manufacturing technique utilising a helical of unidirectional graphite fibres. This creates a graphite core to maximise hoop strength, whilst adding minimal weight, and most of all maintaining blank sensitivity by not dampening the energy which flows along the blanks primary fibres.

Labelled G-HLX Technology (Graphite-HeLiX), the process was developed upon Composite Developments inception in 1981 by founder Marty Johanson and a team of American Composite technologists.

Steve Gerard of Flyshop New Zealand says:

"I've personally used CDs fly rods ever since I've been guiding, that's 8 seasons now. CD rods are strong, light weight, well made, good-looking and of course cast very well and will handle the biggest of fish or punch a line with ease into a Nor Wester.... They produce award winning rods of exceptional quality and value for money."

CD-Rods sponsors the annual New Zealand national fly fishing championships.

The 2008 CD-RODS SFFNZ champs were held on the 18th, 19th and 20th of January on the World Championship venues based out of Rotorua. Twenty anglers fished in two groups for the title. Lloyd Struthers was the championship winner, Kiyoshi Nakagawa was second and Des Armstrong third.

For more 2008 results, see the Sports Fly Fishing New Zealand (SSFNZ) website.

Managing Director: Marty Johanson

Email: marty@cdrods.co.nz

Sales and Marketing: Adam Johanson

Email: adam@cdrods.co.nz

NZ sales: Gary Kemsley, Dean Officer, Mike Ledbrooke

Phone: +64 9 415 9915
Fax: +64 9 415 9965

Street address

3 Piermark Drive
Albany Industrial Estate

Auckland

Postal address

PO Box 302 363
North Harbour Mail Centre
Auckland