Snakesurf Custom Fishing Rods

03/13/2023

NFC F 690-4 (Gamma Beta) using REC Cerecoil CSGB 16 & 10 with RSNXB double foot snakes 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 and a Batson BLFTL large tip top. The reel seat is an Alps HERA7WL2 with the grip being a soft touch full wells carbon from NFC, and carbon fighting butt. Batson large fly Tip Top.

03/01/2023

New Build in progress. 6 WT NFC

05/10/2022

Lite Offshore / Near Shore Build

The blank is a Batson Rainshadow Special Edition Green finish E-Glass RCLB79ML 7’9” X-Fast rated for 20 to 40 lbs line and 2-6 oz lures. Grips and reel seat American Tackle rear grip G2 16” cut down to 14.75” with a rubber butt piece, foregrip is EDPM 12” X 1.125” and the reel seat is an Alps CAH18LX-WTS-B Black Reel Seat Size 18 that is set in the uplocking position. The guides are REC Cerecoil pearl black NiTiCr frames with zirconium inserts; stripper CSGB16, CSPGB8 and CSPGB7s to the tip, 9 total with a Fuji KG Black Ti SIC ring 8 tip top. The guides are set in a Forhan revolver style spiral wrap.
The reel used will be a Conventional Star Drag Seigler SM Reel. The primary purpose will be for casting off jetties, beaches and boats for Bull Reds, Kingfish, Tarpon, Wahoo, Triple Tail, small Tuna, Dolphin, and Ling (or anything else 20 to 100 lbs.). Baits will include large artificial crank baits, plugs, poppers, spoons, jigs, spinners, plastics, live and dead baits.

01/05/2021

Here is a Fly Rod I just finished made off a NFC F890-4 (GammaBeta) 9' 8wt 4 piece fast blank. Seaguide Ti framed st*****rs (16 and 10 mm) with silicon nitride RS rings and REC double foot snakes (5 mm and the rest 4 mm). An Alps HERA7WL2 reel seat. I shaped the cork. I am using a Lamson Speedster reel with SA Grand Slam line.

11/18/2020

This is a spinning rod built for my nephew's son Gage. It is built on a Batson / Rainshadow SP843, 7' Fast Action, Medium blank. The guides are Seaguide Hero SSG st*****rs and Fuji LAG runners, the seat is a Alps BAT-RPD16-1S with custom turned EVA grip, fore grip and butt piece. It was made for the Shimano 2500 Seinna Reel. Just about any any Shimano 2500 should work for it.

07/15/2020

A couple of rabbit fur flies I came up with.

06/26/2020

Casting Rod: Fuji Point Blank 6'9" Medium Light Power, Extra Fast Action Blank. Fuji Torzite Guides in a Spiral wrap; 1-RV 6mm, 1-KB 5mm, 4-KB 4mm and 3-KT 4mm and a 4.5mm Tip Top. This rod will do it all artificial from Top Waters to plastic Jigs to 1/8 oz. Total rod weight: 3.1 oz. Made for the Shimano Curado DC (Digital Control) baitcaster reel. Embellished with dark green and gold Tiger thread wrap and Curado matching thread colors. The grips and butt are all turned / shaped by hand.

03/21/2020

New "Fang" spinning rod built for Daiwa 3000 Saltist. Fuji Point Blank 7'6" medium fast blank. Seaguide Ti high framed guides with silicon nitride RS rings. Custom shaped grips and butt with a Fuji TVS-TJK 17 with a black carbon insert. It has a tiger wrap between the back grip and the butt.

02/02/2020

09/07/2019

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08/16/2019

https://www.rodbuilding.org/library/rodusage.pdf
This is how to take care of your new fishing rod.