9' 7wt 4pc

[Steeldrifter 0]

9' 7wt with a stacked bamboo wood reel seat, custom burl grip and maroon wraps just out of the drying cabinet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bryon Anderson 0]

Beautiful work as always! That wouldn't be the Rainshadow Eternity 2 blank by any chance, would it? 

[MuskyFlyGuy 0]

Beauty Steve!

[Steeldrifter 0]

18 hours ago, Bryon Anderson said:

Beautiful work as always! That wouldn't be the Rainshadow Eternity 2 blank by any chance, would it? 

 

It is one of the saltwater series (faster action) that I bring in directly. But honestly I would not doubt it is the same as the Batson one. I know for a fact that they use the same company for some of their blanks as I get mine from. Only they bring them in, rebrand it, and then mark them up 600% more than I do lol

[Bryon Anderson 0]

3 hours ago, Steeldrifter said:

 

It is one of the saltwater series (faster action) that I bring in directly. But honestly I would not doubt it is the same as the Batson one. I know for a fact that they use the same company for some of their blanks as I get mine from. Only they bring them in, rebrand it, and then mark them up 600% more than I do lol

Lol, sounds about right! (re: the markup). I was just curious because I just recently built a 9' 5 wt. on the Eternity 2 blank, and I'd never seen another blank of that exact color. I like the Eternity 2, it's super light in hand and very accurate. It's not as fast-action as I thought it would be, though. I had to step down from the Rio Outbound Short line I'd been using to something more true-to-line-weight; the Outbound Short was overpowering the rod. 

[Steeldrifter 0]

If you ever want to build one again on one of those blanks let me know, I can get them from my supplier and save ya a ton of money.