Conti's Custom Rods

Conti's Custom Rods The outdoors is my passion. Building rods is my way of sharing that passion and giving others a great excuse to get out and enjoy it too! Keep rippin lips!

Hey all, I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but life has thrown me some curve balls, that I am still workin...
03/13/2025

Hey all, I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but life has thrown me some curve balls, that I am still working through, like not being able use my dominat arm still, alas, things will heal, for now, I want to share my new page, so please follow me and

Well, since I can't get out and do much of anything until my rotator cuff heals and I can get back to working on project...
01/25/2025

Well, since I can't get out and do much of anything until my rotator cuff heals and I can get back to working on projects, I thought I'd share a little pond life! My pond at the end of this season was 630gal and I really wanted to put together something even more beautiful with more fish to enjoy, so as you can kind of see I am adding an bio falls with a small creek bed that will empty into the pond which I've marked out and should yield me about 3,000gals when it's done. I have learned so much from many sources of great people on improving my pond building skills, my fish veterinary and care skills and creating a living breathing ecosystem in my backyard to enjoy weekends having coffee out with my wife as well as let the internal science nerd I've always been have a chance to grow in my biology, chemistry, zoology, entomology and botany. These fish and the beautiful plants are a place you can sit no matter how bad of a day you had and just sit in silence and listen/watch the life of all that choose to use that ecosystem and find peace in it. So, a huge shout out to and for all the great products and time sharing information. I hope you enjoy seeing fish i side my winter quarantine tanks. I also want to thank all the friends and my family that have helped me with doing the "work" since about all i can do is point and direct lol, sure helps me feel like I have some purpose.

After a horrible start to the season and soooo much algae, I finally added a UV clarifier to the pond and today is only ...
07/01/2024

After a horrible start to the season and soooo much algae, I finally added a UV clarifier to the pond and today is only day 3 and it is looking soooo much better! You can even see the new fish when they dart around lol!

Is this a legit Facebook notification? I have never seen anything like this. Not even sure how or why it would be.
06/12/2024

Is this a legit Facebook notification? I have never seen anything like this. Not even sure how or why it would be.

Out with old and in with the "new", which seems wrong to even say considering the "new" is actually the older version of...
04/28/2024

Out with old and in with the "new", which seems wrong to even say considering the "new" is actually the older version of the old🤣🤦‍♂️ oh well, took me about 9 man hours total to disassemble my duramax to get to the fuel pump, alas I now have the "new" pump ready to go in and the rebuild my engine back to operating order. What a pain in the ass!

04/21/2024

I sure would love to understand the mentality of engineers🤦‍♂️ let's take a perfectly functioning fuel pump and save a few bucks buy designing one that is inferior so that people can just pay to go back to using the one that already worked 🤣🤬🤬🤬 thankfully figured out a fine way of building a very nice CP3 conversion kit to remove the piece of s**t CP4 that damn near left me and the fam stranded on the side of a 2 lane back country hi-way in Central Montana...... seriously, wtf over?!?!

I kinda want to set the stage on this one, so follow me for a just min here. The last 18 months for has been a ride, som...
03/18/2024

I kinda want to set the stage on this one, so follow me for a just min here. The last 18 months for has been a ride, some highs, a whole lotta lows and a few fleeting moments of, I'm done and I'm out, if this is my new life I have desire to live it. First my right hip surgery, which went epically well! Record healing time and thought I was back! Then the following summer a right shoulder surgery, that turned into an epic low, I wasn't healing, my dr. nor my surgeon could tell me why, all I knew is something wasn't right. I even decided throwing my sobriety out window was worth the risk, but before I pulled that trigger (both literally and figuratively), I tried to "fire" my physical trainer who looked me in the eye and said, "You're not getting rid of me that easy"! So, I called a mental health coach, a nutritional health coach, my dad, who is sometimes more of a sponsor than he gives credit for, alas none of it was working. Finally one Sunday morning, I let everyone else go to church and I just stayed home in my cave where I didn't have to talk or socialize with anyone, I finally got down on my knees and I prayed that God would either show me why I was mentally losing this fight or just end it for me. That night, I got up in the dark and puked blood until I finally passed out, my body shut down and 911 had to be called and I got an all expense paid trip to the local ER, where I stayed a couple days and found out I had not 1 but 3 ulcers that had been bleeding in my stomach for who knows how long. Sooooo many people reached out with kind words and amazing show of support, but it was those who just looked at me like, "what's the big deal"? Frankly it's none of your damn business, but since you asked, here's the best message I have for you, Nobody cares, work harder! Now here I am, 18 months later training for a 2 week DIY hunt in Alaska for caribou with Jeffery Conti and Chad Lampano !!

PSA: Do NOT EVER EVER NEVER EVER, tell your physical trainer to stop taking it easy on you and turn the heat up. I'm sure she read my log for the night that night and said, "Hold my beer"! 🤣🤣🤣🦾🥷 thank you Nanny Pat for not letting me give up and reminding me humility still n

This year's deer camp was a very different experience for me. This year the whole family went out to my folks place in C...
12/26/2023

This year's deer camp was a very different experience for me. This year the whole family went out to my folks place in Central Montana for a family getaway, which is odd considering its just usually the guys and camping and hard work with lots of miles for a deer here or there. This year was special, my 13yr old shot his first buck and we managed to kill all 4 deer we had tags for in a week. Day one was my baby princess turning 7 and mama keeping the home fire burning at the family homestead. What a trip. Memories not to be forgotten. Weird watching your youngest turn into a young man.

**twell

Almost a week post-op (5 days), already making huge progress on the CPM machine, so far no infection on any of the surgi...
08/10/2022

Almost a week post-op (5 days), already making huge progress on the CPM machine, so far no infection on any of the surgical sites, they had to make 3 incisions and took off about 1/3 of the bone mass on my femoral joint going into my hip, which according to the Dr was the most amount of bone he'd ever had to remove in order to shape my femur correctly, he was able to stitch up what was left of my labrum, but unfortunately I had torn a pretty good sized piece completely to shreds and was not capable of replacing it. All things considered, things are going well. Praising God for what was fixed and healing! I'll be back to fishing, rod building and all the normal stuff in no time! Approx 7 more weeks to go!!

Caught up with dad and helped him get his elk. We got lucky we were able to get the quad up the mountain to it and load ...
03/18/2022

Caught up with dad and helped him get his elk. We got lucky we were able to get the quad up the mountain to it and load it out in one trip.

For those that know, I've essentially been absent on the water since last fall as family and work (my real day job), hav...
03/16/2022

For those that know, I've essentially been absent on the water since last fall as family and work (my real day job), have kept me........well, more than occupied to say the very least, so much to the point that even if I had a free day on the weekend I spent it trying to sleep or just do nothing, talking myself out of getting out and doing the things I know help reset my sense of peace in the outdoors. Thankfully my mother and father in-laws celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend and happen to live close enough to one of my favorite fisheries and I was able to two wonderful things in one weekend. I truly hope to still be as in love with my wife as the two of them are after 50 years, they are a rare and special couple and I love them dearly. I also got a "me" day after with my brother in law and watched him land his first steelhead. brother, I don't know where I'd be without you as a friend, thank you for making this day work out!!!

**twell

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