Components I Use

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I build my rods using premium components from trusted manufacturers such as Fuji, American Tackle, MHX, St. Croix, North Fork Composites, Winn Grips, and Forecast to ensure you get the best possible performance on the water. These high-quality parts are selected to enhance sensitivity, improve durability, and deliver smooth, reliable action so you can fish with greater confidence and comfort. If you have a preferred brand or specific component in mind, I am happy to special order it, allowing your rod to be fully tailored to your fishing style and personal preferences for a truly customized experience.

Blanks

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Grips

Custom cork grips glued and hand turned with rubber butt cap.
Numerous types of cork with different color inlays.
Carbon fiber split grip on high quality graphite blank.
A fishing rod with cork handles and a green and yellow striped rod, lying on a rustic wooden surface.
Colors offered for carbon fiber grips
Full rear cork grip

Examples of cork grips I assemble and hand turned with all my cork grips.

Colors offered for carbon fiber grips

Colors offered in Carbon Fiber

These have become my personal favorite grip! It’s a carbon fiber weave over hard foam. Very comfortable and very easy on the eyes.

Reel Seats & Guides

LZR and Fuji casting guides
LZR and Fuji spinning guides.

I really like the American Tackle LZR guides. After doing some research I like them as much or better than the Fuji guides. I have also found they are easier to get, I find the Fujis are sold out often.

Fuji carbon fiber tubed reel seat
Fuji skeleton reel seat.
American Tackle aluminum reel seat

Some of the reel seats I have used. Left is American Tackle carbon Fiber tube in graphite seat. Middle is Fuji graphite skeleton seat, and right is an Alps aluminum spinning seat for my son’s new boat rod.