Here’s the first production build of a rod of a design I’ve been thinking about making for a while. It’s a 7’3” 3wt 3 piece that has a smooth double hinge. There’s a hinge point about 18” down from the tip and another one near the second ferrule that creates a very smooth and accurate pocket water roll caster and it handles gentle overhead casts superbly. It’s got that ‘sticky’ Japanese feel to the cast and is light in hand at under 2 ounces. I tested this design out recently on a local blue line as well as in the Driftless area and I loved it. This rod fishes very well from about 5’ to 25’. In the near future, I plan to make a shorter 3wt version and a longer 4wt version in this same taper. I recently fished this model in the Driftless spring creeks and will take one to Colorado to search for cutthroat later this summer. It’ll be a perfect cutthroat rod for sure!

I built this one with a ventilated cigar grip with a dual slide band and cork seat. The seat rings were made for me by Joel Lemke several years ago and these are the last ones I have. Medium brown wraps over bright Snake Brand guides.

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions. I plan to post a casting video soon as well.

$925 includes shipping in the US. International buyers please contact me and we can work out the payment and shipping details.

Thanks for looking!