Your own custom rod

You pick the blank, you pick the grips, you pick the guides, you pick the fancy wrap, and your name can be placed on your rod.

Fredericton
New Brunswick, Canada

Contact me at: Hall@unb.ca

Updated - March 2024

** I'll be home about the 6th of April. I'm bringing a good supply of blanks and components. If you're looking for something - email me. Hall@unb.ca

Some of the new blanks are:

One - Atrex 10' 3.5lb 2pc Matte 1K Carp Blank - a fantastic rod for Stripers off the shore in Miscou (This is the one that is Andre Fortain's personal rod.)
Three 7'0' E-Glass, Gloss Black, medium power
Three Heavy S-Glass 7'0' Mod-Fast action, Heavy power (and I think one is in Pink)
A bunch of 5' blanks, suitable for those little gaffers who love to fish with you.

I'll do a full inventory when I get back. See you in April!

The prices are estimates, and I'd rather fish, build or repair rods than spend much time on this website.

The main component is the blank. That's where we start. Then we talk about spinning or casting, grips (standard, split, colour, lengths etc), guides, fancy wraps and the such. These rods are custom crafted to your specifications.

And yes, I can do "some" rod repairs. I can replace broke guides and I can replace broken or missing tip tops. I do not repair rods that are physically broken in the middle. A break between the tip top and the first guide can be repaired by adding a new tiptop, and it will affect the action very little. The rod will just be a few cm shorter.

Repairs start at $25.00 per guide or tip top.

SPECIALS - While they last - Includes all rod components, ready to fish (no reel, line or fish)

All prices good while supplies last.

1 piece 5' 0" ultra light blanks ($300.00) (in stock) SPECIAL $250.00
1 piece 5' 0" medium blanks ($175.00) (in stock) SPECIAL $150.00 - great for your little fishing buddy

Two 1 piece 5' 0" medium heavy blanks (start at $155.00) (in stock)
Two 1 piece 6' 0" medium blank (start at $200.00)
One 1 piece 6' 6" medium/medium blank (start at $250.00)
One 1 piece 6' 6" medium/heavy blank (start at $250.00)
One 1 piece 7’6” heavy one gloss black (start at $350.00)
1 piece RainShadow E-Glass blanks, 7' 10" Mod-Fast (Pre-order start at $430.00 or start at $530.00 depending upon the guides chosen, ask me.) Regular start at $530.00 or start at $630.00 depending upon the guides chosen. Great for Muskie trolling.
1 piece RainShadow E-Glass blanks, 7' Mod-Fast in White (in stock) (Pre-order start at $400.00 or start at $500.00 depending upon the guides chosen, ask me.) Regular $500.00 or $600.00 depending upon the guides chosen. Great for Muskie trolling.
2 piece Atrex 10FT 2.75 2, carbon w 1K matte finish. The absolute best for shore fishing for Stripers. Your choice of components. (Pre-order start at $550.00) Regular start at $650.00.

I just finished this one. All dimensions are to the customer's specifications.

All listed are subject to change as I build faster than I update the web site. :)
The prices are dependent upon the components chosen.
The specific blanks are the biggest factors.

Note - any "casting" type rod can have spiral wrapped guides.

Spiral Wrapped rods
The guide-set layout that transfers line from a conventional casting reel to the underside of the rod is commonly known as a Spiral Wrap, Roberts Wrap or Acid Wrap. It was originally designed for the Saltwater Industry over 100 years ago but recently has been adapted and refined to make its mark in the Bass Fishing Industry. This superior style of wrap is accomplished by sequentially counter-rotating the first 3 “transition” guides in an offsetting fashion resulting in a complete 180deg “flip” of the line path to the bottom side of the blank, similar to a spinning rod.

The advantages of a Spiral Wrap casting rod are substantial:
First, by transferring the line path to the bottom of the rod you eliminate performance damaging “torque-twist” caused by traditional “straight-set” casting guides inherently causing the tip section of the blank to twist and torque over while under the strain of hook setting and battling big fish. This not only degrades the rod blank’s natural action and power but can lead to premature failure in the upper portion of the rod under such high-stress loads. This has become a costly engineering mistake for many traditional casting rod manufacturers, especially when using today’s more light-weight but delicate high-modulus carbon fiber composites.

Additionally, a Spiral wrapped rod can utilize fewer guides spaced farther apart which not only lightens up the tip but minimizes line friction by significantly reducing “line-rub and slap” against the blank. When engineered precisely, these refinements result in a more responsive, sensitive and well-balanced blank that will cast farther, perform better and last longer than any traditional casting rod.

Examples: