I have been waiting 2 months (since Xmas) for my rod to be built, and today it finally arrived. The wait was well worth it. I contacted Matt Davis, Owner of Otterods to build be a custom rod for one of my reels. Two months and 49 e-mails later, there was a PVC tube on my front steps. It took me about 20 minutes (no joke) to unpack the rod from this fortress of a PVC pipe that Matt Packed it in. Boy was I in for a treat. Everyone talks the talk of a custom rod, but unless you hold one in your hand you will not understand. This was my Xmas gift and I went all out. You only live once, and I went for it! (she let me :mrgreen: ). My wife could really care less about my fishing stuff, but even this rod caught her eye. She made the BIG mistake of saying "all your rods should be like that".
Down to the nitty gritty!
The rod was built for my 2003 Daiwa Pixy.
I wanted a finesse Rod that would throw 1/8 to 3/8 lures with no issues. Im talking finnese cranks to finesse weightless 3-inch senko style plastics.
Matt asked me what Line I was going to use, what reel Iwas going to use, what types and bodies of water I fish, and he came back to me with a bunch of different combinations of rods.
I stated I wanted the BEST out there since chances are this would be my first and only super high end rod. We finally agreed on a GLoomis GLX SJ842 Blank, Fuji reel seat, Fuji Titanium SIC guides, Split rear grip, Custom cork inlay, and what I really wanted was the thread color to match the color of the reel. I love this Orange color, and to be quite honest, I did not think Matt was going to be able to pull it off. BOY WAS I WRONG!
I can not wait till this Winter is over!
Down to the nitty gritty!
The rod was built for my 2003 Daiwa Pixy.
I wanted a finesse Rod that would throw 1/8 to 3/8 lures with no issues. Im talking finnese cranks to finesse weightless 3-inch senko style plastics.
Matt asked me what Line I was going to use, what reel Iwas going to use, what types and bodies of water I fish, and he came back to me with a bunch of different combinations of rods.
I stated I wanted the BEST out there since chances are this would be my first and only super high end rod. We finally agreed on a GLoomis GLX SJ842 Blank, Fuji reel seat, Fuji Titanium SIC guides, Split rear grip, Custom cork inlay, and what I really wanted was the thread color to match the color of the reel. I love this Orange color, and to be quite honest, I did not think Matt was going to be able to pull it off. BOY WAS I WRONG!
I can not wait till this Winter is over!
