Batson

For the money, you can get a custom!!

great! Let us know when you get it!

Hi Ozark, Thank you for the purchase!! Call into your retailer and they will provide you with hats and/or Stickers!! Hope you enjoy! Let us know how it performs for you!!

Thanks FishinDaddy!

awesome!!! Thank you so much!

Go and get a custom!! Our RainShadow Eterinty2 ETES72ML has been coveted as being one of the best for this job!

Nice! Well looking good!! There is a ton of cool stuff out there. Look up: Mark Crouse, Jim Trelikes, Sato Custom rods, Saltydawg, so much more to list.. I could go on and on.. Keep up the good work!

Looking great!! Look up the master weaver named: DocSki!! He is the one that basically is the GodFather of this..

Nice!!

Just in case.. Here is a whole review and broken down in sections! Even our own CEO builds! https://www.youtube.com/user/BatsonEnterprises

What about the new RainShadow Revelation Fly? It is a Matte Black!

Great to hear this!! Thank you so much for the support. We have found the the Immortal is on par with most of the "HM" blanks that are out there. The Eternity2 is a bit better in all areas. Toray reel seat, well enough said when its the only pure carbon fiber reel seat. Its expensive, but if your building the ultimate rod, it is the best choice. Wow ALPS Titanium too, your going all out roadwarrior! Great to hear!!! We need to get you an Immortal for yourself! Thank you for the kind words! If we can help in anyway, please let us know!

Thank you for the kind words Capt. Bob... Glad they have treated you well. As in terms of warranty options, are you talking about a factory built rod or a custom? Most people in the custom market have a decent warranty. Ours is a limited lifetime. Even if you break it on purpose, you will still only pay a minimal fee to replace. Warranties are a funny subject.. But different subject for a different time.

Ya the black and gold.. maybe its because of the metallic thread its making it look wet/finish coated over it... Anyways.. your build looks great!!

Wow a lot of really good answers.. But here is our take. lol! That is very very true. The custom market has unseen things that the factory rods ( Overseas ) just don't have the time for. Building on the straight edge vs the spine, how many guides and the train, balancing, putting on reel seats correctly, etc.. I can go on and on about this. Again factory rods are not bad, they are just not a custom. So yes your right DVT It is possible, but you have to compare apples to apples. A $200 factory rod built over seas would be comparable to our RX6 possibly our RX7 lineup with standard type components. The components if you look through our catalog, is found on numerous factory built rods. But they are only putting on standard items. Yes you can get a $200 custom made, it just depends on the person, the parts, etc.. Where you get into more money, is when you want upgraded components and a high end blank, but only want to pay $200 and not build it yourself. Hmm.. These are overseas brands. We have both of these in-house and find it interesting that you have owned Kistlers, St Croix, etc.. But you are mixing USA made with Overseas and saying they are not as good as the 13 or Dobyns. FYI, every rod will break, but the fishing style might need to be fixed rather than finding the "one" rod. Workhorse rods are important since you need 20+ rods in your boat to compete. We have the nephew of Gerald Swindle on our prostaff team and constantly swings fish left and right into the boat. He physically abuses the rods by high sticking, boat flipping, even setting the hook like he is KVD. He fishes our Revelation REVS72m ( spinning rod converted into a casting rod and medium power = to most "factory" overseas MH ) He has caught thousands of fish and just recently broke 1 out of 18 in 2 years due to who knows what. Deep in Alabama where factory rods are big, he wins everything local ( or places in top 3 ). Warranties are one thing, but personalization and winning is another. Just depends on what you want to do? Best thing ever is learn how to build yourself and then open your world up to custom rods and building it how you want it built. This is true. Rod companies do watch custom rod builders! Steve Gardner invented the micro guide concept system! Hands down!! It even bleeded into mini guide system as well. The concept is what matters, and FYI Steve Gardner did this all with ALPS components. The main story is that the custom market is typically always the first to try things out. If it doesnt work, you can always go and modify it. FYI, does anyone know who invented the blank exposed real seat that everyone loves today?? Hint: Bob Batson with Pacbay when he was the president! Man S Hovanec, how do you know this info Agreed with everything! Its hard to understand really the behind the scenes Crutch. Factory built rods are not bad.. don't get me wrong. There is place for all rods in this arena. But I find it difficult like I said before when someone says I like this rod company because its the best. Another person says I hate it. Well its not necessarily because the rod isn't good. Its just not a right fit. I can tell you this Crutch, once you go custom, you will probably not want to buy another factory rod again. I have not heard that the opposite way unless the builder that built the custom wasn't truthful, which every industry you have your bad apples. lol We have a lot of "private label" companies. Dixie is one of them and has produce many people winning on his rods! Very True Capt. Bob.. FYI, do you know that the head designer that worked for St Croix for 17 years is Mike Thorson? Do you also know that Mike Thorson has been our VP of Engineering for 13 years since he left St Croix? You should check out the RainShadow line if you like the St Croix blanks! Hint Hint! haha.. I don't think any custom rod builder is getting rich! They do it for the love of rod building and its an expression of their passion for fishing. Ya weird huh? Steve Gardner is awesome! He has a lot of different things. Check out his vibronics discs and build a rod using our carbon fiber handles. You want to feel everything, there I just told you the secret sauce! That is true.. and you don't have to go with everything high end. That is where people don't get yet. Oh and by the way, it can never be: Gloomis and edge together lol The NRX has cork, Recoil guides with stripper guides. Split seat with split grips, but in cork.

Just to let you know, we carry a variety of cork rings etc.. We also will be coming out with some cool tools this coming summer at ICAST! But those spots and cork customs are awesome!

looking good. But what happened to the finish coat near the hook keeper or is the pic just amplifying something? Your finish coat on your wraps looks smooth. Just wondering..

You should consider possibly a custom if your wanting to drop money on the best! Just a though you know?

Wow what a blast from the past. Now for $35.00 vs anything else out there, I think you got a great price. Who knows, maybe you'll pass it on to someone that would pay $35.00 and then it didn't cost you a thing!

haha.. We here you! Well any time you get the urge to come on down, we are not very far away at all. The Olympic Pen is where to go!

Looks like you need to come just across the boarder to Washington. Its been good this year!

Yup your right! So Hogsticker, when are you going to come out west and touch and feel our products? Might as well since your in the same state! It all comes down to the engine and who is designing in and making it. Personalization is key, don't worry too much about resale value, unless your going to get out of the sport and want to sell everything..

Cool build with some different type of techniques!

Ok here we go Customs or Mass Production. First thing before going down the road is how much personalization you want for your rod? This is where it starts. Not all mass produce rods are bad, they are just different. Truth be told, a lot of these "mass" produced rod companies buy blanks and components from a company like ours. We sell in high volume to OEM and Private labels all the time. They assemble the rod then put it on the market. Other companies go to factories and piece things together. WHY custom you ask?? Here is the heavy story. Ill try to keep it short. Every person fishes completely different. Some are power fisherman, some are finesse, some are a mix. But rod companies can not afford to have a rod lineup that has 80 bass models to try to outfit every type of angler. But we can. We have 750+ blank models and over 220+ of them are in the bass market. We have 5500+ components to satisfy nearly every fisherman. Why have so many models? Well every person fishes differently and wants something a bit more personalized. In crank bait alone we have 40 models. Some like glass, some like graphite, some like a blend of both. So when a private label or OEM/Private label has a specific model in mind we can out fit them. We have a complete design team as well. If we don't have something in stock that works, we can design and supply. Now lets get back to customs. A custom rod allows you to personalize any part of your rod to maximize its full potential and made personally for you, the angler. Comfort, handle length, guide sizes, number of guides, building on the straight edge vs spine, what type of components: reel seat, guides ( rings and frame materials ), Tip Tops ( ring and frame materials ), type of grips and lengths, trim rings and winding checks, even color etc.. It may be daunting, but you get to customize all these to you! Could you imagine the cost of you were to get a custom suit made or a custom pair of shoes? Take 2 different anglers with the same fishing environment, line, reel, lure, etc.. but lets just change height and weight. One is 5'5" 140lb and the next is 6'4" 260lbs. Both persons should not be using the same handle length, rod size, etc.. Much like anything customization will solve these issues. This is also the reason why many anglers have a myriad of different rods by different manufactures due to wanting different things. Lets give this example, Manufacturer 1 has a white rod with cork split grips but with blue components and Manufacturer 2 has a black rod with eva full grips and silver components. But you want a white rod with silver components and eva split grips. You would be stuck because then you would have to look at Manufacturer 3 or 4 etc.. to find your right combo. You get the picture. Custom rods allows you to solve any and all issues that you may encounter.

Great job! Always great to see rod builds!