This is a custom spinning rod built for a hard core fishing gal. The rod is built on a Rogue SS904 9′ 6-10# blank, with an American Tackle AERO spinning seat, Split grip carbon fiber handles, and Fuji Alconite guides. This rod is ready to catch LOTS of fish Liz!

Black hook keeper, blue main wraps with purple trim:

Fuji Alconite guides:

Decorative wrap in rear section of split grip area:

FISH ON!!

This is a 7′ custom spinning rod headed to a gal in Idaho. Built on a Rogue 7′ 6-10# blank with an American Tackle AERO spinning seat, Split grip carbon fiber handles, and Fuji Alconite guides. Great choices Sandy!

Black hook keeper, blue wrap with fuchsia trim:

Decorative wrap in the rear section of split grip handle:

Fuji Alconite Guides, blue main wrap with fuchsia trim:

Tight lines!

Finished a custom Rod for a son who wanted to get his father an extra special gift for his birthday. He left it up to me to design the rod with one request, he said his father would love it if there would be some Italian flair and if at all possible, some type of dragon. This is what I came up with. I think it came out beautifully, his Dad is going to be STOKED!!

Rogue 7′ 2-6# blank, custom spinning rod. REC Titanium guides, American Tackle AERO comfort reel seat, carbon fiber split grip handles. Red main wraps with gold/red combo trim. Gold aluminum winding checks, and a truly custom butt section!

Gold aluminum winding checks, red main wraps with red/gold combo thread trim bands. SWEET !

Italian flag design with red dragon inlaid on top of the flag. This is what custom is–a personalized and true Custom rod for an Italian gentleman !!!

Tight lines and bent rods to all!

Completed a pair of custom crank bait rods using a Rogue CB2 7’11” 6-12# blank, and a Rogue CB3 7’11” 8-17# blank. Cork split grip handle systems with Fuji ACS exposed blank trigger seats, and Fuji Alconite guides complete the builds.

The custom smallmouth bass decals on the rods add a nice touch to these custom rods.

Ready for spring, and for tossing crank baits to dig out eager bronzebacks 🙂
Tight Lines!

Here is a pair of custom steelhead rods built for a customer with great taste. Matty wanted one spinning rod and one casting rod, and he chose the great Lamiglas XMG50 blanks for the core of the builds.

Spinning Rod:
Lamiglas XMG50 114-2LL 9’6″ 4-8# spinning blank.
American Tackle AERO spinning seat.
REC Black Pearl Titanium Spinning guides.
Split grip carbon fiber handle.
Fuschia wraps with truquoise trim.

Casting Rod:
Lamiglas XMG50 114-2M 9’6″ 6-12# casting blank.
Fuji Alconite guides.
Fuji ECSM blank exposed reel seat.
Carbon fiber split grip handle.
Fuschia wrap with Turquoise trim.

Enjoy the rods Matty, wishing you many fish for years to come !

Bent rods, tight lines, and screaming drags to all!

A couple of very special customers of mine, Frank and Paul, contacted me and wanted a lightweight, 7’6″ spinning rod for light line surf fishing down in Southern Califorina. We went with the Rogue 7’6″ one piece 4-8# blank for the heart of these builds. The REC Titanium guides in Black were a must. They each wanted a Fuji VSS reel seat. Per their individual preferences, Frank wanted the seat mounted uplocking, and Paul wanted the seat mounted downlocking. They both went with the split grip cork handle and aluminum winding checks.
Frank is a Denver Broncos fan and wanted the rod built around that theme. Paul took a liking to some other blue and purple Reel Tech Customs he saw on the blog, so he wanted that color combo.
The rods came out BEAUTIFUL, and I know they will be very happy to fish these lightweight spinning rods. They will be packed in a shipping tube and mailed out tomorrow to their eagerly waiting hands.

Have fun Frank and Paul and enjoy your new sticks. Thank you so much for your business and support.

Here you can see the Fuji VSS reel seat mounted in both the uplocking (Broncos theme) and the downlocking (Blue/Purple theme) position. That is the beauty of custom…..to make it the way YOU want it 🙂

Stay bent to the cork my friends!!

Here is a custom rod that can be seen from space, just like the customer requested. This rod is built on a Rogue SM 1067 10’6″ 12-25# blank. Full length carbon fiber handles, Fuji reel seat, and Fuji Alconite guides complete this build. 10’6″ of salmon whoopin’ graphite!!

Ferrule wrap is the neon yellow and neon pink wrapped side by side, creating a cool looking orange color……awesome!

Tight lines and screaming drags to all!!

Here is Cory Brenner’s 3rd Reel Tech Custom rod. This one he decided on a St. Croix SCV Graphite 9′ 6-10# blank. It is a beautiful blank, it has a great dark green painted finish on it that sparkles in the sun. As usual, Cory chose the awesome REC Black Pearl Titanium guides. He loved the handle on his last build so much that he went with the Fuji VSS reel seat built on a split grip cork design again. I was excited when he chose the colors to wrap as metallic evergreen and copper trim. I knew this would turn out as a classy looking rod, and the end result did not disappoint.

Enjoy your 3rd Reel Tech Custom Cory. Thank you so much for your business. Your satisfaction and excitement is what keeps me going.

Keep em’ bent to the cork!!

Cory Brenner sent me some photos from one of his recent trips with his new Reel Tech Custom Steelhead Rod. This rod is the second one he had me make for him. I am currently piecing together his 3rd as I type this. Here is some kind words from Cory:

“That rod is so sick!! After I fished with it for 3 days, I grabbed my other factory rod and it felt like a club. This rod, like the St. Croix float rod you built is so accurate on the cast. The bite feels so much better than my factory rods. It will hold a big fish just fine, and with the CI-4, it’s the best rod I have, hands down man. I hooked so many I lost count. I landed over 12 fish, hooked 5 or 6 that I didn’t land, all on that rod!”

Cory, you made my day. I am very pleased that you enjoy your rods so much. Keep up the great success and thank you for taking the time to send in these photos which are FANTASTIC!!

Keep em’ bent to the cork Cory!!