dont worry - I am one !!!!
keep on fishing wrote: Sounds like the may not know exactly what there options are? |
Dohboy wrote: I always try and talk people out of getting just black or black and gold, if you go with silver guides you can add colour very easily |
gtrbaby wrote: dont worry - I am one !!!! just an observtion of the lack of "flair"that the guys I build rods for are after - if you look at some of the cusotm rods built around t6he world - they are detailed, colourful and actually interesting.
people ask me to build them rods here in NZ - so I ask "what colours do you want?" about 80% of them say "just black".......boring!!!!
A mate of mine said " can you make it look like my Shimano one" ...... I told him to go buy another Shimano as it would be cheaper and look the same.....
why are us Kiwis so reseverd when it comes to one off individual things???
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kinaspike wrote: Love going into this shop... Not boring at all! http://www.reelrods.co.nz/index.html |
Badfish wrote: I don't want to speak poorly of my customers. I give the customer what they want and I build mine the way I want. I guess you hit the nail on the head LBD |
gtrbaby wrote: dont worry - I am one !!!! just an observtion of the lack of "flair"that the guys I build rods for are after - if you look at some of the cusotm rods built around t6he world - they are detailed, colourful and actually interesting.
people ask me to build them rods here in NZ - so I ask "what colours do you want?" about 80% of them say "just black".......boring!!!!
A mate of mine said " can you make it look like my Shimano one" ...... I told him to go buy another Shimano as it would be cheaper and look the same.....
why are us Kiwis so reseverd when it comes to one off individual things???
i agree mate i love the stuff the boys do on bloody decks i love doing thread art not into weaving but have done a few wicked things with threads dont think i can build a rod with out some threa art are u in auckland may b we could t up and so some crazy stuff on some rods
i reckon there are a lot of of diffrent items and things to implament into rods
kojak did some wicked things with rods really liked the vynal stickers he used on some of his stuff
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