Design: A split grip spinning rod for soft plastics

• Batson Rainshadow RX8 XSB842
• Guides: Fuji Alconite
• Custom burl grips
• Fuji Deluxe reel seat

This rod was donated for the benefit of the 2009 Susquehanna River Spring Clean-UP

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Design: A 9ft 4 piece 10wt fly rod for the saltwater applications

• Blank: TFO TiCrX 4pc 10wt
• Guides: Alps
• Reel seat: Alps triangle seat in Tin/Pale gold
• Custom turned burl grip

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Design: A 6'6" MH spinning rod designed for working hard jerk baits with a "Made in America" theme

• Blank: St.Croix SCIII 3S66MHF
• Guides: Fuji SIC
• Fuji "soft touch" reel seat
• Custom burl grips -split

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Design: A 9' 2 piece 6wt fly rod for smallies.

• American Tackle Classic series blank (Awesome moderate action)
• Batson Y reel seat
• Custom turned and polished cork grip
• Single foot Chrome fly guides

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Design: A 6'4" Hard jerk bait rod

• Blank: Batson RX8 XSB783 (trimmed to 6'4")
• Guides: Fuji Alconites
• Fuji ACS blank through reel seat
• Custom burl cork blend handle

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Design: A 7' medium fast 2 piece casting rod. Customer desired a 2 piece rod which wasn't available in a casting blank so a spinning blank of comparable specs was used.

• Blank: St.Croix SCIII "Avid" 3S70MF
• Guides: Fuji SIC with micro running guides
• Fuji ACS blank through seat
• Custom burl handle (short)

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Design: A 12'6" 6wt spey rod for river smallmouth

• Blank: Sage Z-Axis 6126-4
• Guides: Fuji SIC strippers with xtra hard chrome snake guides
• Batson Forecast reel seat
• Handle" Custom turned mix of burl and AAAA cork

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Design: An 8wt Switch rod for Great Lakes steelhead

• Blank: Rainshadow IF1088-4
• Guides: Fuji SIC Strippers with Xtra hard chrome single foot fly's
• Reel Seat: Forecast RA8L2
• Thread : Gudebrod Garnet and metallic sliver

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Design: A 7 foot spinning rod with a University of Florida color scheme

• Blank: St. Croix SCIII 3S70MF
• Guides: Fuji Alconite chrome
• Handle: Custom turned w/ select cork and foam accents
• Thread: Gudebrod coated with Threadmaster finish.

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Design: A 6'6" Medium Fast spinning rod with a Fire theme built for a professional Firefighter

• Blank: St.Croix SCIII "Avid" 3S66MF-2
• Guides: American Tackle Titanium Titans W/ Gold Nanolite rings
• Reel Seat: Mudhole comfort wood -redpine
• Handle: Custom turned burl split grip

Design: A casting rod built for throwing hard jerk baits.

• Blank: St.Croix SCIII 3C66MHF cut down to 6'3"
• Guides: Fuji Alconite wrapped in a simple spiral
• Handle: Custom turned with a mix of select cork and exotic burl
• Thread: Gudebrod coated with Threadmaster finish

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Design: A 8wt fly rod for Great Lakes steelhead

• Blank: American Tackle Matrix 908-2
• Guides: Fuji SIC strippers, AmTack extra hard chrome single foot running guides
• Handle: Custom turned of burl and Select grade cork w/foam accents
• Thread: Gudebrod green with one coat of CP, HT metallic trim wraps,

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Design: A 7 foot medium action tube bait rod with a split grip

• Blank: St,Croix SCIV 4S70MF "TUBE" blank
• Guides: Fuji SIC with Fuji BLAG05 running guides
• Handle: Split grip of custom turned burl cork, with a Fuji soft touch reel seat
• Guide Wraps: Gudebrod thread with Threadmaster finish

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Design: A 11'6" drift rod on a casting platform built for Great lakes Salmon

• Blank: St.Croix 2S116LM-2
• Guides: Fuji Alconite in chrome
• Handle: custom turned made of exotic burl designed to highlight the intended reel (blue finish) W/ casting style reel seat
• Guide Wraps: Gudebrod Blue with HT metallic electric blue trim

Design: A 7' medium fast spinning rod to throw tubes and soft plastics for pigbeast smallmouth bass.

• Blank: St.Croix SCIV 4S70MF
• Guides: Fuji SIC
• Handle: Split grip with a Fuji Soft-Touch reel seat and Lamar burl cork
• Guide Wraps: Gudebrod thread in Navy blue with CP and HT silver trim wraps finished W/Threadmaster