Billy’s Blog: A Visit to the Rod Forge Factory & Testing New Blanks

There’s nothing like fishing a topwater bait, and now is the time to do it. Whether you’re targeting redfish in the marsh with a spook, working a frog bait across a patch of lilypads, or fishing a walking bait over a weed bed, we’ve got several blanks that will cover...

The highly anticipated new models for the Forge Composite series are finally available. While the entire series is not "complete," the five new additions to the Forge Composite series are some of the most requested models since the series launched earlier this year, and we can promise you they are...

I love so many aspects of building custom rods. While I focus heavily on decorative arts, I greatly emphasize functional arts, such as building rods that solve problems. Whether it be rod handle construction, guide layouts, or being intimately familiar with a particular fishing application and finding the correct blank...