quite a while ago I was looking for a new rod bag / holdall as I was bored of all that plastic bags around the corner. The only interesting one I could find was a bag made by L.L.Bean in the US. But only from materials used. I was more looking after something that would somehow merge in A Passion For Angling. So I sat down, ordered canvas and leather material, made a plan and had a go. When posting the end result my new holdall attracted some interest and I got a request whenever I would think of making a second he would be interested. A bit back and forth and I decided to give it another go. But rather than creating a copy of mine I wanted to match the needs of the "customer" Bumble. And while I was using very heavy canvas for my own I still kept the lighter material I already used occasionally for instance to make a bag for my Kelly Kettle. The material is more of the sort that is used for a Barbour waxed jacked and I thought it might be a good idea to wax that material too. I ordered two cans of Barbour's wax dressing and had to use 1 1/2 on the pre-cut fabric. It turned out to become a bit of a long shot and it costed me an iron and 4-5 hours of continuous work to get the fabric soaked all through. Not to mention the angry wife afterwards
Nothing I can recommend to do but the look of the end result pays it all back. I wanted to use only the finest materials and so I did order some additional Nappa leather and leather straps from my finest supplier.
To secure all seams I used three stitchings so even if occasionally the outer gets weak there are two others to compensate. I think this will come additionally into play at the leathered bottom.
I do not want to go too hard into detail so I will just post pictures of the completed rod bag:
This is the top with a leather rim I placed where the rods will slip in. (I just realized there is a tiny little mistake as I bent the fabric to the wrong side before I sewed over it but that's no problem. Any loose fibres will have to be cut off from time to time - apologies for that)
There is an outer fixation option for the two of Bumble's bamboo bank sticks. (I would have used bamboo bank sticks if I had any, of course)
This is how it will look like when two bank sticks are attached and the flap is securing them.
The bag upright with some content in it and how it will look like next to a Barbour jacket.
I hope Bumble will add some authentic vintage look to it and post some more pictures in use (or his angling companions- maybe even better).
Last but not least I would like to emphasize that this special bag is nothing that I let go easily but I hope that it will serve Colin at its best and I am sure it will add some authentic look to his artisan style of angling.
Colin, your new rod bag is second to none and that's how we like it, isn't it?
Well done Chris, I am sure Colin will be over the moon. 
