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Steeldrifter

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  • Birthday 12/11/1971

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  1. Nice color combination on this matte green 9' 4wt 4pc headed to its new owner out West this week.
  2. A very clean & classy looking 9' 5wt just out of the shop to start the week.
  3. 7'9" 3wt just out of the drying cabinet and ready to head on its journey to its new owner.
  4. Funny you posted this now, because just yesterday a buddy & I were just talking about these things. We went fishing locally for a couple hrs yesterday and he had his wife's car which is never drives. It's a new Honda (Civic I think? cant recall). But he was showing me how he doesn't like that it has a FOB and not a key to start, which I agree, I wouldn't like not having an actual key to start a car. Then when were were packing gear in the trunk and closed the trunk, it kept popping back open and would not stay closed. Finally figured out for some reason it was where he paid his FOB, it was too close to the trunk and it wouldn't stay shut because they car "thought" the FOB was being locked in the trunk. Personally I don't want a car "thinking" for me lol. Another thing I didn't like about it was it shuts off every single time you stop. I don't see how that is supposed to be a good thing. To me that is just added wear & tear on the starter/ignition system of a car. I dunno, maybe I'm getting old, but give me an old Chevy Blazer with a key and vent windows and am/fm radio and I'm happy.
  5. Another 6'6" 2wt just off the bench. This customer actually had this made as a gift for his fishing buddy. You know they must be good fishing buddies when he has me put "Chub Slayer" on his buddy's new rod 😆
  6. Cool lil small stream glass rod all done up and headed to its new owner.
  7. There are a ton of blanks available to build on out there, and I can build on any of them. So no real way to put all blanks on the site. So interested customers look at my site and then contact me directly. Some custom builders are set up with a specific brand or two of blanks where they get a discount on said blanks. So they put that brand on their site and that's what they promote. But I like to suit the feel/action of a blank to what the customer wants and not try to stick with one certain brand. I have a few series I bring in directly which I build on, but there are many times a customer may want something I don't bring in myself so I go elsewhere for it so I can get the feel/action the customer wants. If they have a specific blank brand they want then I can get that, but usually I will talk to them and find out what they are trying to accomplish. Such as euro nymphing, or are they fishing a tiny stream and need something short and very full flex, or are they fishing a larger river with big streamers and a sink tip where they need a fast action/crisp tip rod. Once they explain to me what they are planning on doing then having built as many rods as I have built over the past 20 yrs, I can help suggest to them what blank would suit what they are trying to accomplish. So I try to consider action & feel of a blank over a specific brand. Eventually that site will be updated too. Its outdated because the guy that I use to have manage my site went into another field of work many yrs ago. I actually designed a new site myself that looks really nice a couple yrs ago, but just haven't got around to the headache of getting it live and redirecting to it as well as setting up new server payment and all that jazz yet.
  8. 6'6" 2wt just out of the dryer and ready to head to its new owner. Can't go wrong with garnet & gold on a dark green blank.
  9. Really nice looking 7' 3wt fiberglass rod just out of the drying cabinet. Love the color combo on this one along with the darker burl reel seat.
  10. 8'6" 3wt just out of the shop in Royal blue & silver wraps, rosewood seat and burl accented grip.
  11. A 7'9" 3wt just out of the shop to start the weekend's work.
  12. Today's first rod out of the shop. 6'6" 2wt. Cobalt blue wraps and darker burl seat add a nice touch of class to the look of this one.
  13. 6'6" 2wt 4pc in subtle color scheme just off the bench and ready to head to its new owner.
  14. 10' 3wt just out of the shop. Nice burl seat and accented grip, and royal blue main wrap with metallic silver trim is always a winner.
  15. Latest just out of the shop. 2wt 7'6" with burl seat done up in classic twist red&black main wrap and copper metallic trim. The dark green black gives the red/blk twist thread a nice almost brownish effect for a subtle classy look.
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