Alan Tani's Phenix

[Jon Vadney]

Here's one I just got done with for Alan.  I hope he gets to slay some fish with it on his LR trip!!

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

nice...

[Dominick]

Yow-za.  It sure is a beauty.  Dominick

[alantani]

beautiful!!!!!  it gets matched up with the penn torque 25n and will be available for the guys to use on the trip!

[Ron Jones]

I really like your vine leaf style. Small and very consistent. It is something I have just started working on and this rod will be my standard to strive for.
Ron

[anglingarchitect]

Beautiful, I'm getting excited, sure do like the black, silver, white color scheme.
Those colors sure would look good with an Accurate.

I have two little beauties Accurate's that I love, small light, and fun to fish with. 

[alantani]

i'm not much of a sports fan, but my brother is a hard core oakland raiders fan.  silver and black, baby!

[Jon Vadney]

i'm not much of a sports fan, but my brother is a hard core oakland raiders fan.  silver and black, baby!

By the way.... on the tape bushings under the reel seat, written in sharpie, is "GO 9'ERS!!!"






just kidding.... I couldn't do that to ya hahaha.

[Jon Vadney]

Also, thanks for the kind words guys!  Ron, you'll be wrapping olive branches like that soon enough.  They aren't terribly hard, just time consuming and you have to go slow to make sure that they are even/symmetrical. 

AnglingArchitecht, I emailed phenix today and they are still waiting to get your blank in.  If I push it...I can have a rod go from blank to done in 3 days so I'll put the afterburners on once it comes in. 

[alantani]

maybe i'll break it in on wednesday!  we're going to try to get out for rockcod. 

[Jon Vadney]

maybe i'll break it in on wednesday!  we're going to try to get out for rockcod. 

Haha.... there would be zero bendo on that thing from the rockfish.  Lings could put a bend in it though!   I checked the coast - 10mi weather report, still lookin at 5-7' at 9 seconds for half moon on wed. 

[alantani]

piece of cake!  it will just be a fast drift.  just keep your junk from dragging bottom and you'll be fine!

[alantani]

hey, joey and i fired up the engines and everything is fine.  i need to hook it up tomorrow, scrub it down and top off the fuel tanks is the evening.  can you swing by and help me scrub the boat? 

[Jon Vadney]

hey, joey and i fired up the engines and everything is fine.  i need to hook it up tomorrow, scrub it down and top off the fuel tanks is the evening.  can you swing by and help me scrub the boat? 

You clean the boat before you go fishing?  Yes ill help you hahaha

[Bryan Young]

Does that nice little black reel fit on that rod?