Planning Your 2024 Summer Builds

Planning Your 2024 Summer Builds

Temperatures are heating up; those cold fronts are distant memories, and the fish are biting! Summer is here. It is that time of year so many of us love. With warm water and long days, make the mos...

Build Captain Mo's Slow Pitch Jig Rod

Build Captain Mo's Slow Pitch Jig Rod

With the ultimate in slow pitch rod blank innovation MHX created their Offshore Jigging Slow Pitch Rod Blanks. Top-tier blank construction incorporates the Toray 6K Standard Modulus Woven Graphite ...

Jim Crowley Signature Series Rod Kits

Jim Crowley Signature Series Rod Kits

From the moment you meet Jim Crowley you feel like you have been fishing buddies for years. Sure, you maybe have seen him on TV or at trade shows but after 30 years in this fishing industry, he is ...

Build for Big Jointed Swimbaits

Build for Big Jointed Swimbaits

I think we all remember the time we caught a little bass on a lure that was about as big as the fish. Usually, we take a photo have a laugh and make a joke, “his eyes are bigger than his stomach”, ...

Building a custom rod for a kid

Building a custom rod for a kid

Some of the greatest memories for a child are made in the outdoors. Whether it is on family camping trips, big adventures offshore or just on grandma and grandpa’s dock valuable lessons are learned...

Build the perfect offshore pitch rod

Build the perfect offshore pitch rod

Before venturing offshore, there are moments that inevitably captivate the imagination. For many anglers, the thrill of fishing in deep waters is exhilarating, yet it presents the ultimate test of ...

Tackle Suspended Bass with this Underspin Build

Tackle Suspended Bass with this Underspin Build

Suspended bass pose a challenge for many anglers, especially when factors like weather fronts or seasonal patterns cause them to hang in mid-water. They're notoriously elusive and can be tough to e...

Top 3 rod builds to catch more prespawn bass

Top 3 rod builds to catch more prespawn bass

As with much of bass fishing timing and seasons vary based on your location across the country. Since one of the important factors in triggering bass to move is water temperature, it is only logica...

Building with American Tackle Moving Bait Series Blanks

Building with American Tackle Moving Bait Series Blanks

In rod building we are spoiled to be able to build a fishing rod to our exact specifications. We get to choose length, action, power, handle length, guides…etc. Along with choosing the components w...

Planning your 2024 Spring Builds

Planning your 2024 Spring Builds

With the first week of the New Year behind us, we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.  With large swaths of the country draped in snow and some fishing hard water, there are others just l...