New Custom Build

When production rods are not enough, it's time to go custom. Come share your experiences building and/or ordering a custom rod and tell us if you'll ever go back to off the shelf.
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New Custom Build

Post by SS Fishing » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:21 am

I thought I would post a few pictures of one of my favorite new rods. Its a North Fork Composites SJ 804-1 (HM) blank built up with our proprietary carbon fiber rod grips. I use it for back bouncing for Chinook but it makes a great bass rod as well.

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Its the lightest 8' rod I have ever felt and the balance point is under the reel! It feels perfect.

Here I am fighting my first Chinook on it.

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by a1712 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:52 am

Awesome looking build. Brian.

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by BigG » Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:57 am

Great looking rod, but where's the picture of the chinook?

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by Bassmar » Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:10 pm

BigG wrote:Great looking rod, but where's the picture of the chinook?

It got away :lol: :lol:

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by SS Fishing » Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:36 pm

Sorry guys! Should have known people might want to actually see the fish. Here is the first one. Not the prettiest Chinook but a good one to break the rod in.

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This was the second fish. Really put a bend in it!

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Nice chrome fish fresh from the Ocean.

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by dragon1 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:40 pm

WOW...just awesome!

Thanks for sharing man! :mrgreen:

BTW, where you be at? NW U.S.? Oregon or Washington?

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by SS Fishing » Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:57 pm

I'm in Eugene Oregon. Go Ducks! :big grin:

Its about time for winter steelhead now.

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Post by dragon1 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:02 pm

SS Fishing wrote:I'm in Eugene Oregon. Go Ducks! :big grin:

Its about time for winter steelhead now.
Yep, buddy of mine at work was showing me all the spots he hits while wading, shore casting/drifting for winter steelies up in OR. You guys have mega walleyes and smallies there too. And of course, legendary white sturgeon up to 20'+...been a long time since any that size has been seen, no?

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by SS Fishing » Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:32 pm

Yeah! The Columbia has world class walleye fishing. They think the next world record will come out of the Columbia. The Columbia also has some of the largest oversize sturgeon. I know they catch 15+ foot sturgeon every year. I'm only about an hour from the Umpqua river, some of the best small mouth fishing in the country! Trophy brown trout in central Oregon too. Pretty lucky to be in such a great area. Awesome fishing year round.

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by dragon1 » Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:09 am

SS Fishing wrote:Yeah! The Columbia has world class walleye fishing. They think the next world record will come out of the Columbia. The Columbia also has some of the largest oversize sturgeon. I know they catch 15+ foot sturgeon every year. I'm only about an hour from the Umpqua river, some of the best small mouth fishing in the country! Trophy brown trout in central Oregon too. Pretty lucky to be in such a great area. Awesome fishing year round.
Yeppers, I lived temporarily in Beaverton for about six months as a kid (9-10 years old). I recall lots of snakes, rain, foliage, salmon, my first ever black bear encounter while picking black berries, BIG slugs...oh, and Christopher Cross' song, "Sailing" holding the #1 spot for like 6 + weeks! :lol:

Those browns are mostly lake type Germans, correct? Not the anadromous line of say, Seeforellens?

FWIW, the Beluga Sturgeon of the Caspian Sea is the only sturgeon that grows larger, and with much more heft than the white sturgeon...which is a scary proposition as these aggressive sturgeon are known to eat anything they can catch and fit in their mouths - including other fish, waterfowl and even small marine mammals! :shock:

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by IlliniDawg01 » Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:45 am

Do you have any issues with line stacking to the right of the spool with your striper guide that far right?

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by SS Fishing » Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:17 am

No stacking issues. The first guide is around 30 degrees. The others are 45 degrees.

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Re: New Custom Build

Post by Batson-Brands » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:35 am

Nice rod and build!! Where did you get your handles etc? Are you in the Washington Area?

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