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Workshop · since 1973

Half a century at one bench

The Kawalec family workshop has run without a break since 1973, which makes it the oldest hand-built rod workshop in Poland. We started when a good rod was something you had to know how to make, not pick off a shelf. That principle has stayed with us.

Today two generations work at the bench, Zbigniew and Bartłomiej. We see each rod through from the first conversation to the last coat of finish, because we put our name to it. Literally: on the build card.

Zbigniew and Bartłomiej Kawalec in the workshop, in front of a wall of rods
Plate IV. Zbigniew and Bartłomiej Kawalec in the workshop

In numbers

Half a century in numbers

1973the year of the first rod from the workshop
2 generationsat one bench
★ 5.0Google reviews from regular customers

The place

A wooden workshop on Wapienna Street

We don't have a showroom in a shopping centre. The workshop stands behind a white picket fence, with our stamp on the window. You walk straight in, between walls packed with rods: our own, our customers' and the ones in progress.

The gate and sign of Pracownia Wędkarska at ul. Wapienna 10K in Lublin
Plate V. The gate at Wapienna 10K, the sign and a telephone number from the years before websites
Inside the KawaleC workshop: shelves of rods up to the ceiling, a stove, armchairs and a workbench
Plate VI. Inside the workshop: shelves to the ceiling, a stove and a place to talk
A workshop wall at KawaleC packed with rods: tackle under repair and finished builds
Plate VII. The workshop wall: repairs, tuning jobs and rods waiting for collection
The entrance to the KawaleC workshop, with the stamp “Kawalec Rod Designer Since 1973” on the glass
Plate VIII. The stamp on the glass: KawaleC Rod Designer, since 1973

Handles

A handle alone can give away the maker's hand

The handle is the part of the rod you hold for the whole session. We shape ours from top-grade cork, EVA and carbon, around the grip and method of a particular angler. A few collections from our workshop:

Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon
Handles from our workshop: cork, EVA, carbon

What sets us apart

Why anglers keep coming back, generation after generation

The oldest workshop of its kind in Poland

More than 50 years of unbroken, hand-built, made-to-order rods. Nobody in Poland has been doing it longer.

Our rods fish all over the world

They work waters from Scandinavia to the oceans; we ship to wherever our customers fish.

Customers return across generations

Fathers ordered from us for themselves, and today their sons order for their own children. The best recommendation we know.

Drop in at the workshop

ul. Wapienna, 20-502 Lublin. It's best to phone ahead: at the bench we don't always hear a knock at the door.

Contact details Call: 601 273 635