'Bespoke' PEI giant tuna standup rod

[Jon Vadney]

This was built for a good client of mine for chasing giant bluefin off of PEI.  The blank is a Super Seeker CTSF55XXXH, it has an alps reel seat, Winthrop roller guides with the solid titanium Winthrop tip.  The vessel that the rod will be used on is called the "Mermaid V" (fifth Mermaid I'm assuming), and the colors chosen were to match the boat.  If it looks familiar, there is another thread on here where I had built 2 spinning rods with the same colors and same "Mermaid" logo.  Enjoy

[zaconb]

Wow, I couldn't be happier!!!
Beautiful, Spectacular!!

[thorhammer]

thats just ridiculous. I just looked at my stuff and realize i make great tomatoe stakes 

[Bryan Young]

Beautiful.  Those guides are sexy.

[fIsHsTiiCkS]

Man, Jon your rods are sexy. I need to Finally pull the trigger on that rod we talked about.

[Dominick]

Has anyone noticed that not only does Jon build beautiful rods but he is a fine photographer also.  Dominick

[otownjoe]

Love those colors

[Tightlines667]

Looking pretty sharp.

[Reel 224]

Jon; Those color combinations are eye popping! great layout. Dominick is right your photography is excellent also.

[Jon Vadney]

Thanks guys  

Thor, as the best rod builder there is (in my opinion) Doc Ski says, "Think progress, not perfection". You'll get there my friend. 

[Reel 224]

Excellent advice!

[Tiddlerbasher]

WOW That is beeeaaaauuuuttttiful my friend

[Newell Nut]

That is real beauty on steroids Jon. Beautiful meat stick indeed. I think my rods would look better if you took the pictures.

[Tightlines667]

Nice build!  These fully rollered, heavy action trolling/chunking rods are more up my allet.  Those guides look beautiful.  I had to research them.

[Shark Hunter]

Top Notch Jon! The Winthrops are Nice.