Here's a recently finished rod in a minimalist, clean style. Clean cork reel seat and modified snub-nose flor grade cork grip. The graphene Epic 480G is ultralight yet strong and powerful. All black reel seat hardware and standard chrome guides for an elegant contrast with the satin grey blank, beautiful aqua silk wraps with some red accents here and there. Custom all black signature tube with laser engraving for that special rod. One-of-a-kind Epic! This rod was commisioned and could deliver more in spring if anyone is interested. Thanks for looking!
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Akane 7033
A collab between Tomo at Ijuin Rods and Nico at Yamame fly rods. This is a buttery smooth, progressive taper and a nice soft tip for soft presentations. Classy downlocking Snake Brand reel seat with a zebrano wood insert, Struble fire agate and a top flor mini snub-nose handle. The color combo is fire on this one and truly special, minimalist build! Thanks for looking!
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Ijuin Sakura
This is a truly spectacular rod, built accordingly for a future flyfishergirl. Sakura flowers are in full bloom right now in Japan and the colors on this rod reflect just that. Pink-red wraps match the Struble reel seat/wood and the purple agate matches great with the handcrafted leather case. I'd call this a progressive-parabolic design from Tomo and it casts pretty great. One-of-its kind sweet little rod! Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Kabuto blonde
A new model by Kabuto rods in Japan in both in color and taper design. This slender, delicate 7'3' 2wt. is the ultimate "Japan special" rod. Very smooth, delicate casting rod I enjoyed building a lot. The owner is fishing some small water in California and Nevada and this rod is perfect for golden trout and brookies. Appointed in black hardware and light olive wraps tippet chestnut, classic japanese style handle with all cork reel seat and Nico's great hardware. With an outstanding handcrafted beige leather case, this "latte" painted rod is a truly special looking fishing instrument. Thanks for looking!
