Discover the perfect balance of craftsmanship and performance with a Brackish Outfitters custom fishing rod. Each bespoke, built-to-order rod is handcrafted to your unique specifications, melding your preferences and fishing goals into a quality piece of equipment that will elevate your days spent fishing.

Crafted for your perfect cast.

Built for your budget.

Made to exceed your expectations.

Each custom rod order begins with a free over-the-phone consultation. Our head expert rod builder, Geoff, will work with you to determine the right length, weight, and components for your new rod. Once specifications have been agreed upon, a deposit is due and then Geoff gets to work on making your dream rod a reality!

All our rods are bespoke, built-to-order in the USA to your exact specifications. We specialize in building rods with Stryker, Batson, Rodmaker 247, Century, North Fork Composite, and Blue Halo blanks, but we’re always happy to special-order anything, just for you.

Custom Small Stream Fly Fishing Rods

Our specialty is chasing brookies, and these are some of our favorite rods to build. Whether you need a rod to keep in the car for a pitstop at your favorite spot after work or need a rod to pack into the backcountry for a week, we’ll build you the perfect small stream fly rod for New England fishing and beyond.

Our most popular small stream rod specs:

Material: Fiberglass
Length: 5’ 8” - 7’ 6”
Weight: 0wt - 4wt
Guides: agate stripping guide with chrome running guides
Wrap: standard nylon wrap with 1 - 2 accents

Starting at $350.

Small stream fly rods we’ve loved to build:

A true classic, this brookie bomber is 6’ 6”, 3wt, and with a 4-piece design, it breaks down to less than 24”.

Built on the Batson Rainshadow Revelation
Up-locking reel seat & cork handle
Cherry red color-preserved wraps with black accent and gold trim
Chrome guides
$350 - $450

 

This special brookie rod is built on an Ijuin Yomogi 6’ 6” 3wt glass rod with a custom seat and Fenwick-style handle in burled cork, agate stripping guide, ghost wraps.

Built on the UD-Glass Yomogi by Ijuin
Custom down-locking reel seat and burled cork handle
Ghost wraps with color-preserved evergreen trim band
Chrome guides with light moss agate stripping guide
$750 - $850

 

This is a convertible 5+1 piece 0/1wt glass rod that can either be a 5’ 10” 0wt rod or 6’ 6” 1wt rod, depending on how the angler assembles it. As a shorter rod, this was built with a shortened custom handle and a double sliding band seat to ensure the rod is as lightweight as possible. It’s the perfect small stream rod, whether you’re fishing dry flies or streamers.

Built on the Rodmaker 24/7
Double sliding band reel seat and custom Fenwick-style handle
Ghost wraps with a color-shift metallic accent and maroon silk trim bands
Chrome guides and color-matched agate stripping guide
$650 - $750

 

Salt Inshore Rods

You know you want to be the envy of the whole boat, and we’re here to build you a custom spin rod that will make all your buddies jealous—especially as you reel in that personal best.

Strong enough to lift that big saltwater fish out of the depths and the right size to not be constantly clipping your sonar, our inshore salt spin rods are made for incredible days of sport fishing on the ocean.

Our most popular inshore rod specs:

Material: Fiberglass or Graphite
Length: 6’ 6” - 8’ 0”
Power: Medium-heavy or extra-fast light power
Guides: Titanium
Wrap: Decorative wraps and color preserved nylon

Want to make sure your guides last? Trade your standard guides for light, corrosion-resistant titanium to ensure they’re protected against that harsh salt of the sea.

Starting at $450.

Inshore rods we’ve loved to build:

One of the most incredible inshore fly rods we’ve built to date was this 7’ 6” 1 piece, 10/11 weight, perfect for everything from big stripers and bluefish, to the lightning fast false albacore. Try casting this rod—and when you throw 60’+ with one false-cast, you’ll need two for your quiver.

Built on a Rod Geeks blank
3k carbon fiber channel-lock reel seat with full-wells Batson handle
Blurple color-preserved nylon wraps with gun metal metallic trim and accents
Titanium REC guides
$600 - $700

 

This 7’ 9” one-piece graphite rod is extra fast and perfect for your next inshore saltwater adventure. Whether you’re targeting striped bass, bluefish, or false albacore, this rod has the power and speed to cut through wind and bring strong fish to the boat.

Built on the North Fork Composites HS 790-1D LMX
Custom hydro-dipped handle components in black and gold
6-inch decorative tiger wrap and custom EVH wraps
Titanium microwave guides
$500 - $600

 

Spin Surf Rods

Whether you have two feet on the pier, waders on in the surf, or you’re swimming 100 yards out to the perfect rock, your surf rod will be ready to perform.

Our most popular surf rod specs:

Material: Graphite
Length: 10’ - 12’
Power: medium or medium-heavy, moderate to fast action
Guides:Microwave Guides
Wrap: Decorative wraps and color preserved nylon

Starting at $650.

This rod started with a Century SurfMachine Elite 10’ rod and finished with custom handle wraps, a spiral paco-style grip below the seat and straight bars above, an Alps AIP contoured seat, 12” tiger wrap, an enchanted dragon scale ferrule wrap, and custom Fuji Titanium Torzite guides.

Built on the Century SurfMachine Elite
Alps AIP contoured seat and spiral paco-style grip
Custom 12-inch tiger wrap and enchanted dragon scale ferrule wrap
Custom anodized Fuji Titanium Torzite guides
$1,500 - $1,600

 

This 8’ two-piece all-arounder can handle just about any salt water species you’ll find in New England. It features spiral paco-style grips above and below the Pack Bay reel seat.

These resilient Pack Bay reels seats are contoured to fit your palm. They have been discontinued but we still have a limited inventory; order yours today before they sell out forever!

Built on a Batson Rainshadow RX7
Pack Bay reel seat and spiral paco-style grips
6-inch custom tiger wrap, dragon scale wrap, and color-preserved green nylon wraps with evergreen trim and (discontinued) aurora blue color-shift metallic accents
Gunsmoke-colored microwave guides
$550 - $650

Looking for something else?

Memorial Rods

Fish with your loved ones even after they’re gone. We’re always so honored to work on these incredibly special builds.

This project, built on some of the last Thomas and Thomas Avantt rods, has a custom winding check above the handle that contains shells from Cape Cod and the ashes of this angler’s brother.

Built on the Thomas and Thomas Avantt
Custom burled up-locking reel seat with Lemke hardware and Batson full-wells handle
Gunmetal gray and white color-preserved nylon wraps with gunmetal metallic accents
REC titanium guide
$1,200 - $1,300 (per rod)

 

Big-River Fly Rods

Fishing wide rivers out west? Let’s get you a 4 - 8 wt, 7’6”’ - 11’ custom fly rod perfect for your next float or walk-and-wade trip as you cast for western golden trout.

This 8’, 4wt rod has an Alaskan birch bark handle, curly cottonwood reel seat, moss agate stripping guides, and light wire running guides.

Built on the Batson Rainshadow Unity
Custom curly cottonwood reel seat and Alaskan birch bark handle
Evergreen nylon wraps with color-preserved evergreen trim bands and gunmetal metallic accents
Light wire running guides and moss agate stripping guide
$850 - $950

 

Spey/Skagit Rods

Get ready for the fight of your life as you hook a steelhead out in the PNW with a custom two-handed glass or graphite, 6 - 8 wt, 10’ - 12’ rod.

This custom McFarland 12’ 3” 7/8wt 3-piece fiberglass rod build has an alps reel seat, agate guides, natural silk wraps with color-preserved evergreen accents. This McFarland is usually made only in 4-piece, but we were able to work with the rod builder to have this custom-made as a 3-piece by request of the client.

Built on a custom McFarland 3-piece
Alps reel seat and Pack Bay handle
Natural silk wraps with color-preserved evergreen accents
REC running guides and agate stripping guides
Custom-sewn Grateful Dead sock
$1,200 - $1,300

 

Tropical Sport Rods

Fishing trip to warmer water coming up? Whether you’ll be fishing an 8wt for bonefish or a 10wt (or heavier!) for tarpon, we’ll build you a carry-on friendly rod so you don’t have to stand at baggage claim worrying if it’s going to come out of the plane in more pieces than it went in. Let’s get you a rod to beat our 130-pound tarpon record holder.

This 9’ 10wt 4-piece fast graphite rod features titanium guides and a color combo custom wrap in cool mint, seafoam, and color-shift metallic thread called “mermaid scales” to resemble the tropical seas it’ll be fishing.

Built on the Batson Rainshadow Eternity 2
3k “I” seat and batson full-wells handle set
6-inch custom tiger wrap and custom color-preserved nylon wrap with mermaid scales color-shift metallic accents
Titanium guides
$800 - $900

 

What does the build process look like?

At Brackish Outfitters, we do our custom rod builds from the bottom up. During your free phone consultation, we’ll start by discussing your fishing habits and habitats: your dream day out, how this new custom rod will complement any other rods you might already have, and your goals. A rod should always be built to suit how you’ll use it, so this is critical to the process.

Once we establish how and where you’ll fish this rod, we’ll pick the rod material, length, weight, action, number of pieces, uplocking or downlocking reel seats, and guide materials. You’ll choose between a ready-made handle or a custom handle made just for you by our local partner. You’ll choose your colors and designs. As a one-of-a-kind piece, every Brackish Outfitters rod is finished with a build number and custom inscription of your choice.

  • Fiberglass
    Graphite
    Carbon Fiber
    Bamboo

  • Agate
    Ceramic Composite
    Torzite
    Alconite
    Fazelite

  • Chrome
    Black (powder coated)
    Smoky
    Titanium

  • Standard metal
    Wooden insert
    Alps Seats
    Custom Seats

  • Color preserved (opaque)
    Nylon (semi-transparent)
    Silk (semi-transparent)

  • Standard wrap
    Decorative wrap (tiger, etc)

  • Custom inscription of your choice

*All prices subject to change based on shifting component market prices.