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Quality Components
The blank is the beginning of the custom rod building process. Therefore, it only makes sense that a good custom rod begin here.
blanktags.jpg (79885 bytes)Consumer market rods are good, but they are not GREAT. The spine of the rod may be incorrectly located thus resulting in a torque twist when under the load of that great catch of the day. A custom built rod has a carefully located spine that assures reliability when reliability is most needed. Furthermore, the custom built rod uses a blank of superior quality. Manufacturers such as GLoomis, Lamiglass, St. Croix, Graphite USA, Seeker, Calstar, and Ugly Stick produce high quality, state of the art blanks for custom builders.

Once the spine has been carefully located, spine.jpg (68839 bytes)the guides must be well bonded to the blank. A GREAT rod will have perfectly aligned guides that are of the highest quality - like Fuji. A Coach's Custom Rod will sport Fuji SIC guides guides.jpg (54268 bytes)that are bonded to the blank with Flexcoat or U40 epoxy finishes which are among the finest available. The Fuji guides have demonstrated an incredible track record of quality and performance over many years of business. They have proven to be innovators as they were the first to use titanium. The Fuji SIC guide offers sensational sensitivity and significanty reduced drag. A GREAT custom rod will have Fuji SIC guides.