Thread: New Custom Built King Rod

Look at the rod that jimmys is talking about that I built for his son Andy,it's looks dang fine.If the colors look good I'll give Jeb the thread numbers.

What blank do you guys use to build the king rod?

It totally depends on the specific preference of the customer, as well as their preferred style of fishing for kings.

My personal favorite king rod is a old two piece that has been dubbed the pool cue.

Give me an example of a "pool Cue". At the first of this thread you said it was a batson blank that you had. I plan on using the King rig set up that J&M sells, along with a Cig.

I haven't found a rod similar to my pool que. it's a much stiffer rod than most people use for king fishing, but works great for me. The king rod forsale at j and m is built n a batson forecast blank. They make great live bait king rods and are tough as nails.

Jeb,I still have two of them 35 year old plus blanks if you have a need for'em.

I will take both of them.

Just got my first pier pest rod and i can tell ya Jeb builds em right!!!!

You won't go wrong with a Jeb Pier Pest custom rod.

Amazing job, and fine attention to detail!

Since I bought the rod that started this thread I thought a bit of a product review would be in order. My intent was for this to be my sons rod, and he finally got to go last week. It took him a while to get the hang of casting the longer rods. We both ended up using it. I found the rod to be surprisingly easy to fish with. The reel seat was perfectly placed to balance the rod. I got great casting distance with cigs and live bait. His first hookup was a stud king during the sharkfest on Thursday. I caught several with it on Friday
Action, sensitivity, strength, balance.....all were what I was looking for.

If you are thinking about a custom rod you won't regret getting Jeb to build it. And yes, it looks good too.