teter20

I will definitely check out Deleware Valley Tackle and the work Matt Davis does. I have sorted through a lot of the builders by state on rodbuilding.org, but living in KS, only had one person to contact. So i've pretty much accepted the fact i'll end up ordering by telephone or through a builders website from out of state....

A couple months ago I was browsing websites on custom rod making, and stumbled across a list of custom rod builders and there websites. I thought I had bookmarked the page, but unfortunately haven't been able to find it again. I was wanting to purchase a rod or multiple rods from a "custom" rod builder, figuring if I found the right builder, I would get a better return on my investment as opposed to continuing to buy my rods from the typical main stream websites and manufacturers. Does anyone know where I can find a list of custom rod builders, that offer there prodcuts online?? I found a few links on rodbuilding.org, but it still requires a lot of sorting through links and pages that offer parts or other things im not interested in. Or if anyone has had success going through any specific rod builders and could refer me to them, i'd appreciate it!!

That definitely is worth waiting on...I will check it out on Friday! Thanks a lot!

Ya I noticed all of those sites had a bunch on sale...especially rods. I didn't know if it was due to new lines being released in the near future or what. I ordered a Shimano Compre off of Fishermans Chocie Pro Shop that was marked down last week and it is supposed to be delivered today. I seriously spend 2-4 hours at night before I go to sleep scouring websites (probably 75% or more of that time is spent on the websites you listed, along with gander mountain) and there are SOOOOOOO many different ones on sale to choose from its insane! Then when I see one in my price point I go to other websites to read reviews on it and it seems like I get no where! But I will definitely check out the ones you mentioned. Thanks!

I am looking to add some new rod/reel combinations to my bass fishing arsenal and was wondering if prices typically drop in the late fall, winter time? Being as that is the "off season" most sporting good stores mark down prices on there stock of lures and rods/reels, do websites also typically drop there prices on this stuff? Also, it seems many big producers of reels and rods introduce there new lines in the fall or winter, so then older or some discontinued models may go down in price? Didn't want to fork out a good chunk of change on new equipment if the prices were likely to go down in a month or two!!