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Ben's "Seeker" Special style "S Glass" spinning rods

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Bill Marean, had these two built for his granddaughter's, Renée & Brooke.

They will go on a trip to Alaska this coming year 2007 to try them out.

 

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Martin wanted a Benchmark medium heavy rod blank except that was 6'9" instead of 7'

It is nice to have control over all of the rods features. He is one of the best bass night fisherman in East Texas.

 

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This is a CUI fiberglass 7' one piece 20-40lb. Sea Bass rod that was purchased by Shannon. She has a very lucky father. It was given to him as a gift. I just heard he is now calling it his lucky rod. It has been called this after his first fishing trip.

 

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One of my best Customers purchased this one for his son for Christmas. It is a G-Loomis HS-9000 IMX cut down 6" because he only wanted a 7' - 6 to 12 lb. Spinning Rod. The HS-90000 originally comes in a 7'6" length , 6 to 12 lb test. This rod was purchased by Eric for his son Matt's Christmas/Birthday present.

 

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This rod was a donation to the Holy Family Catholic Church raffle. Lynn gets this rod at the amazing price of $60. It is a Benchmark 7' Medium Spinning Blank. He will be blown away when he gets a look at it!!!

 

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This is a Christmas gift to Fidel Gonzales. He originally came to stay in my parents bunkhouse after the hurricane in New Orleans. Mom choose a 7' Benchmark 6-12 lb. spinning rod.

 

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This is a Seville 7' 8" - two piece 3 wt. fly rod blank I made into a Crappie spinning rod for myself. I wonder how long I will be keeping this one. It almost casts as good as Arnell's  (please see Customer Comments).

 

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This is an AF762-7' 6" SC-II St Croix fly rod blank that has been made into a great rod to catch small fish like perch. When he tested the casting distance before he took it out to fish, he used a 1/16 oz. jig and was amazed at the 40 feet the rod cast. This is another new customer of mine named Arnell.  He sent me a great Customer Comment that I posted.

 

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This is a remake of an antique Fenwick 6' 6" casting rod with a custom wood handle made by my new customer Barry from Florida

 

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This is from another repeat customer, Mike. This is a G-Loomis 80 pound Tuna Trolling Rod

 

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Look what Cindy got for her anniversary, a G-Loomis MB783-IMX 

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Larry's New Benchmark Medium Heavy 7' Casting

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Here are five St. Croix - 6' ultra light for Eric. He was tired of everyone using his rods. He already has purchased eight rods and is a valued customer, so he got one for everyone in the family.

 

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These are Kevin's 2C70 Medium Heavy Benchmark Casting Fishing Rods

 

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A. Smith's G-Loomis CB-845-GL-2-crank bait fishing Rod-This is his third order 

 

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Don Childress birthday present is a G-Loomis HS 9000 IMX  7'6" spinning rod

Don wanted hearts and 143 for a lighthouse on the Alabama coastline 

 

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"The Poppy" - John Klingensmith's - 7' medium heavy Benchmark casting rod

 

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Dan Krause's three Forecast 7' light spinning rods made exactly alike

He is a repeat customer

 

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My G-Loomis SU1023 surf rod

 

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A. Smith's 7-1/2 foot All-Star heavy BE908-FSX flipping stick

 

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Glen Stark's IMX(Slate)MB-782 6-1/2 foot casting rod

 

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Here is Chrissy Soby's birthday present, A Benchmark 6' spinning rod

 

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Benjamin L. Reed for his Birthday a 7' Benchmark heavy casting rod

 

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Ngoy Fish-Trappers 9'Shakespeare 2 piece 15-40 lb. Gutts Blank 

 

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This is my cousin John Galland's G-Loomis UL 7' IMX 841 spinning rod

 

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My uncle Albert McKinley's 7' heavy Benchmark casting rod

 

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Erik Rinehart's second rod is a Christmas present for a friend Eric is a third time customer

 

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Beth Rappaport's Christmas present for her husband is a 7'Benchmark heavy catfish rod blank

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Dr. Douglas D. Durbin will have a 6'6" spinning Benchmark (generic St. Croix)

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This is Debbie Dunham's All-Star 6'6" casting rod and all she wanted on it were pink hearts

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This is Keith’s G-Loomis surf 1266 – 10-1/2 foot-2 piece surf rod called:

Keith M. Knapp ~ Montauk Point ~ The End

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This is a 9'-10 pound line weight St. Croix Fly Rod that was turned into a spinning crappie jig rod. At the time of this order, Mike was the owner of Uncle Ed’s Tackle Shop in Longview, Texas. He wanted to give it to his father for his B-Day

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Erik Havens Jr.-medium heavy St. Croix casting rod for his birthday

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Dan Krause's Six Batson Forecast 7' two piece light spinning rods

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Charlie's Birthday Present from his wife Carrie (third order)

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Jim Beale's rare "Garcia Mitchell Model 510" repair work 

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Garth Baublitz wanted a St. Croix 5S59ULF

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Steve Yates wanted a St. Croix spinning rod

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Lee Hibbs Graphite "USA" 70 Monster magnum graphite "USA " tuna rod

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Troy Henderson ( Operation Enduring Freedom) "03" 6-1/2 foot St. Croix casting rod

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Charlie's Fenwick split diamond & chevron combinations. Charlie is a very special customer. He knows exactly what he wants and is very happy with my work, thanks, Charlie

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"World Cup 2002 Be the Reds"
Bass King Kid Kim Yunjung
Ka Sanghyun

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Knight's of Columbus raffle pole won by John Deterding

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J. Dillard's Chevron

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Dr. M. Joseph Shepard, one of my hip surgeons, wanted the Celtic look

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Split diamond combination donated to "Texas Society for Infection Control Practitioners" by my better half , who is now retired from infection control. She used to answer the infection control hotline.

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M. J. S. -The Fish Master's split diamond chevron combination

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Eric Rinehart's chevron 6 foot Light St. Croix casting rod

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Charlie's Chevron & split diamond combinations

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John's diamond & split diamond combination 

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Ron's chevron

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My Brother Kevin's diamond & split diamond combination

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 My daughter Amanda Lauren's lucky ultra light "Candy Cane" ultra light spinning rod

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Kelley Galland at 903.882.5539