Our much awaited Maven Coast Surf Collection has landed – just in time for the New Zealand Spring. The Coast collection offers three 10’0″ surf casting rods (light, medium, heavy) that are lightweight yet extremely powerful and forgiving. All Coast rods are two-piece, and beautifully... Continue reading
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The Cowboys are back – this time dropping into the CTS | Maven facility to take a look at our latest rod designs and new high tech machinery. Continue reading
We hosted Two Cowboys & a Camera at Maven in November. They’re story tellers who travel the world visiting makers and producers in local communities – Makers like Maven, and CTS, our blank manufacturing company. We were delighted to take them around our world-class manufacturing facility and rod building studio, and... Continue reading
Respected fishing maven, Mark Harris, took a look at our Maven Stickbait PE6-8 rod from the Pacific Collection, and gave it an initial workout in Indonesia. Here’s what he had to say: —— I am a very, very lucky man to have in my hand one of... Continue reading
A truly stunning rod, and only two ever made – a true collectors’ item for the lucky winners of the Maven – Furuno collaboration Gulf softbait rod. We loved the results of this collaboration for the Hutchwilco Auckland Boat Show 2016. Continue reading
Clem Henry / Three Kings Islands – February 2016 Maven’s Pacific and Gulf series of rods recently got a serious workout in what is arguably one of New Zealand’s premier game fishing destinations, the Three Kings Islands. The Kings is a group of 13 uninhabited... Continue reading
When we were imagineering MAVEN, we’d constantly ponder the difficulty most people faced when choosing a fishing rod. It just wasn’t easy. You’d either get lost in a sea of remarkably similar looking rods at a fishing shop, or face a catalogue with such an... Continue reading
Auckland, New Zealand is home to Maven. Our marine industry association, NZ Marine hosts a fabulous on-water boat show here each year in the city’s popular Viaduct Harbour. We thought it a great show and venue to showcase Maven’s latest ranges. Peter Busfield, NZ Marine’s executive director, summed... Continue reading
Our soon-to-be-launched Maven Pacific and Tasman series are currently in production in our Auckland facility. These include ranges for stick bait, mechanical jigging and high performance casting and spinning. Like all Maven ranges, they use the highest quality componentry. Having produced such a beautiful butt cap featuring... Continue reading
One of the earliest design decisions we made with Maven was to use cork in our rod handles. It was always going to be cork. It’s a natural, soft and good-looking material that also appealed to us for its history and sustainability. Cork is the... Continue reading
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