Best custom rod maker in your opinion?

[CSB]

Who do you think the best custom rod maker is, and why?  Im in the market for some custom rods, need to get some opinions. Cost is no object, the very highest quality materials and workmanship is all I want.

[Supermat]

"Best" is such an objective term but I can honestly say that the "best" custom work I've seen is coming from Crazy fish rods. www.crazyfishrods.com

Rick makes standard rods but will also do ANYTHING you want. What I'm looking for in a custom guy is someone who takes my ideas and runs with them or who stays a step ahead of me. On the rod we're doing right now I listed off what I wanted and he said he could do it. On more than one occasion I got an email that either said "I made an executive decision to do X because it makes more sense" or "I was thinking about your rod and this just doesn't make sense, I think you should do this instead, what do you think?"

THAT is what I want in a rod maker. I want a guy who takes my ideas and improves them, who spots flaws in my theories and repairs them, even if I'm not able to be reached to ok the work. Anyone who has enough confidence to tweak a custom rod prior to getting permission is a guy you can trust. And last, I want a guy who is thinking about my rod long after he's working on it and emails me at midnight with some way to make it better. His stuff is not the most expensive but his high-end blanks are FAR from cheap. Check him out, I have nothing but good to say when it comes to his custom work.

[CSB]

Thanks for the link. I'll definately keep him in mind.