A Name

[clayton86]

How do you guys come up with a name for your rod builds. Like a company name if you will.

Fishingdaddy has FDX I seen on his face book page for his builds.

I've seen some others as well.

I want to have some decals made up to put on my rods I just took two more orders I guess of guys wanting rods built and a frog gig. I can't think of anything only thing I came up with was "johnsons creek custom rods" or "johnsons creek rods". Johnsons creek is the creek/river I grew up fishing in and continue to fish in almost daily. People come from all over the country in the spring and fall to fish johnsons and oak orchard for trout and salmon. My buddy who is building fly rods and center pin drift rods is having decals for his rods made up saying "lake run rods".

I can't think of nothing and feel johnsons creek custom rods is kinda long

[Bruce424]

Could always use J.C.C. If you want to use that name. Maybe use your initials

[Big C]

You are right it's long, but the intials are catchy.   What's the "style" of what you're doing?  Is it traditional, young, old, California, Midwest, swimbait fishing, ned rig, fly fishing?  Give a few more ideas, and somone will come up with something. 

[S Hovanec]

After my business was established a few years, I came up with the perfect name, but I wasn't gonna change the name and rebrand myself.   RodFather custom rods popped into my head one day while fishing.  The logo design just drew itself.

[clayton86]

So far I've been building ice rods that I hydro dipped the handles in the mad marble dip. I've built two light action rods for fishing small streams for trout and smallies, got a frog rod I'm buying some parts for fly rod on the way this week probably order it tomorrow actually. The two that I was just asked to build today one is a drop shot rod the other is another light action spinning rod.

I've been playin with cork burning also and some chevron wraps on old broken rods I've found in the garbage at one of the lakes.

[Matthew2000]

Clayton is you're last name George?

[clayton86]

Yup two first names well actually three if ya knew my middle name

[BrownBear]

Could always use J.C.C. If you want to use that name. Maybe use your initials

I was thinking same thing, maybe J.C. Customs. Might run into some kind of copyrights with the name Johnson's (i.e.Big Johnson, was a thing back in the 90's for you younger guys).

[Big C]

These are the best I can come up with.  The Rod Monkey (play off bait monkey), Rat Rods, Boom Sticks, and Jaw Breakers Custom Rods. 

[WPCfishing]

Johnson Creek is a good name. Used Custom Rods as a tag line.

[Bluebasser86]

I don't make rods but my baits just used my first initial and my buddies initial that helped me get started and still helps me make them. The nice part is we both have the same first initial so there wasn't any disagreement about whose name should go first

[a1712]

Try G Loomis or St. Croix, that should drum up sales. Brian.