Fly Cases and Books- James Acord's Leather
Jimmy has been developing many fly case designs and continues to create new ones. He can illustrate your piece with any fly, fish, or other image you choose.
Full Pictorial Scene Fly Case
Jimmy made this case for Paul Stillmank of Milwaukee, using Paul's own painting of himself and his brother fly fishing, as the model for the image. Paul sent only a black and white image, so Jimmy did his own color interpretation, along with creating some of the details. Jimmy fully hand carved the scene before painting it.
The other side of this clamshell case is very similar to the Mayfly and pine needles design in the case Jimmy made for Jim Holm below.
This case is 5" x 7" x 1.75". One like this case, carved and paintied with your personal images or equally detailed imagery of any kind will cost $600. and up, plus shipping.
Ultimate Scenery Flycase
The two pictures above and the detail at left are images of a flycase made for Jim Holm of Pleasant Grove, Utah, who provided me with photos from one of his favorite fishing streams, in order to personalize his box with elaborate and meaningful imagery.
The front of the case has an inset of a carved and painted Mayfly, surrounded by Western White Pine needles and cones, which Jimmy hand carved, but didn't paint. The back of the case is Jimmy's hand carved interpretation of the buyer's streamside campsite, which he's often shared with his sons.
Inside this case there is sheep shearling on one side and cork strips on the other. (See details of interiors of older cases below.)
This case is 5" x 7" x 1.75". One like this case, carved with your personal images or equally detailed imagery of any kind will cost $600. and up, plus shipping.
Salmon Fly images carved and painted on cases
Jimmy can make your case order include any Salmon Fly or other image you want.
Here is a Salmon Fly invented by Mark Waslick, which was featured in Art of Angling Journal, vol. 1. Jimmy made the case for Mary Hubbard of Maryland.
This case is 5" x 7" x 1.75". One like this case, carved with your choice of Salmon Fly or equally detailed imagery of any kind will cost $400. and up, plus shipping.
Latest Angler's Equipment Case.
Jimmy now offers two construction designs for large equipment cases. The one above has an arched top and more pockets, and the one below (made for Chris Williams) has a flat top and larger interior space. They both have a handle plus a large shoulder strap.
Above is the newest large equipment case, measuring 23.5"w x 12"h x 13"d. This was designed for John Cella of St Louis, as a surprise gift for his mother, using photos of her Russian Salmon fishing trip as inspiration for Jimmy's carved and painted scene on the back.
All artwork is hand carved, including four kinds of trout and salmon, specific flies on the pocket flaps, and the owner's three initials hand designed and tooled. As always, this case is all hand stitched, hand dyed, and hand painted. If you order an equipment case, you can choose any flies, fish, and other artwork, including having Jimmy work from a personal photograph. Leather and shearling interior compartments store store equipment neatly.
A case similar to this one will cost $2,500, with a more simply carved and painted case starting at $2,000, plus shipping.
Below are three more images of this piece.
Above is the back of the Cella case, showing
the scene Jimmy created, based on photos from Russia and John's mother
fishing there.
In the detail shot, above right, you see her wearing her lucky red fishing hat, as she hooks up.
The interior of John Cella's case has this lift-out tray with other compartments beneath it. Here you see the lid being lifted on the large fly storage compartment. Next to it is a shearling padded section for miscellaneous equipment.
Large Angler's Equipment Case.
Designed to carry multiple fly cases and reel cases, this very large fly fishing case measures 27"w x 11"h x 14"d and has various interior compartments. The inside is lined with suede covered dividers.
All artwork is hand carved, including oak leaf borders, a brown trout, specific flies on the pocket flaps, and the owner's three initials hand designed and tooled. As always, this case is all hand stitched, hand dyed, and hand painted. If you order an equipment case, you can choose any flies, fish, and other artwork, including having Jimmy work from a personal photograph. Interior compartments will be designed to fit your personal equipment needs.
A case similar to this one will cost $2,000, with a more simply carved and painted case starting at $1,500, plus shipping. . This case belongs to Chris Williams of Worcester, MA, who owns a variety of my custom made pieces
This is the interior of Chris Williams' angler's
equipment case.
Chris chose to have me create dividers to hold three large Loomis fly boxes. The forward compartment holds four reels in cases which I custom made for Chris earlier. Sections on the right side are for miscellaneous items, such as pocket fly cases, etc.
There's natural shearling padding in the bottom of each compartment, removable for cleaning.
The label includes my signature, the owner's name, the date, and the number of this piece in its category. In this case, it's #1.
This case features two flies. The one in the
top left part of the case is the tied fly version of a mayfly. The fly
on the bottom right in the image is the actual bug in flight. Jimmy can
design for your order, an image of any tied fly and the insect that the
fly is based on. This one is $400.
Here are an opened and closed clamshell case.
The opened one shows the cork strips, which Jimmy hand laminates to place
inside the case, opposite the shearing side. Price is $400 for one image plus background carving.
Here
is a clamshell style with a mayfly, which Jimmy hand tooled and painted.
All the oak leaf design is also custom carved. The inside is made with
sheepskin on one side and cork strips on the other. Approx. size: 6"
x 4" x 1.3", a smaller size box than most made now.
This case is sold, but ones ordered like it will be $400. plus shipping.
Here
are the outside and inside view of the case shown and described above.
The photos above are of flat case design Jimmy's made,
with a leaping trout and oak leaves. Handsewn. Approx. size: 6" x
4" x 1". This particular
case is sold, but you can order one like it for $400.
Fly books start at $300, and run up to $500, for extra fancy ones. This
one has cork strips on both sides of the inside. (See below.) (I also make
a wet fly wallet, which folds up, that starts at $200, not shown here.)
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