I know this is a bass fishing forum, but I had to show off the incredible work of a fellow Bass Resource member.  Scott Hovanec (a.k.a. S.H. Fishin' Sticks) has made well over a dozen rods for me, but I will say, this rod maybe the most well thought out and thoroughly planned rod of them all. I wanted to have Scott design me the ultimate fly rod that handles a myriad of techniques for Trout and I think he nailed it. 

 

Sage One 10' 5wt. Blank

 

Custom Grip contoured to my hand and grip position preference

 

Added Fighting butt to improve overall balance of outfit

Hand lathed Acrylic Reel Seat with double locking nut reel hardware

 

Kigan XLA hook keeper that allows for line insert to hold weight while using drop shot rig (yes, fly fisherman use a drop shot style rig as well) and placed up the blank, away from finger placement on the blank

Oversized snake guides to help mitigate ice build up

 

Thread measuring marks places at 16", 20", 24", and 30" (hey, one can dream) for quick fish size reference

Sage 3850 Full Caged Reel (not apart of the build, but this reel compliments the outfit well)

 

Now I just need to get this sucker on the water.  Thanks Again, Scott for an EXCELLENT creation!!!!

Nice Stick ~

Congrats

A-Jay

I'll fill in the missing specs.

Seat hardware: Lemke

Insert: Beartooth Woods acrylic pen blank

Guides: Snake brand universals in black nickle and Fuji ICMNSG stripper.

Hook keep: Kigan XLA in TiCh finish.

Winding check: Batson

Cork: Cactus cork from Southwest Custom Rods. 

Thread: Prowrap Burnt Orange NCP and Champagne metallic

Finish: ThreadMaster and TM Lite

Decal: Decal Connection black over silver.

 

Beautiful fly caster!

Very nice. The attention to detail sets custom apart from over the counter. 

 Dry nice Scott. You do beautiful work.

 

love that cork

Killer work Scott, its posts like this that made me make the jump to custom!