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6'6" Medium Light Spinning Rod

Design: A 6'6" spinning rod for small water smallies. Rod designed so that the section behind the reel seat is only 5.5 inches.

  • Blank: St.Croix SCIII 3S66MLF
  • Fuji Soft Touch reel seat
  • Fuji Sic guides w/micros
  • Custom turned burl grips
  • Epoxy ramp
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custom fishing rods
custom spinning rod

 

 

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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custom fishing rod
matt dotts custom fishing rod

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Sage Z-Axis 12'6 Spey rod

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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Batson Rainshadow 10'8" 8wt Switch Rod

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
switch rod
switch rod
switch rod

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St.Croix SCIII 6'6" MF 2 piece spinning rod

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
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American Tackle Matrix 9ft 8wt

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,
custom fly rod
custom fly rod
custom fly rod

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St.Croix SCIV Spinner for Steve H.

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
custom fishing rod
custom fishing rod
custom fishing rod
custom fishing rod

 

 
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