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

Summer's in full swing and the heat is on. It's early mornings chasing topwater blowups, long afternoons on shaded banks, and dusk sessions that linger into the warm night. Whether you're working grass lines for largemouth, drifting deep pools for smallies, or scanning the surf for tailing reds, there's a...

Late summer fishing for panfish and bass with light tackle and finesse techniques can be challenging and rewarding. Using ultralight rods and reels with thin, sensitive lines allows for precise presentations and a more natural lure action. Finesse-style tackle, such as small soft plastics, jigs, and drop shots, can entice...

We want to congratulate the winners of our first-ever Rod Forge Custom Rod Building Contest! We received some incredible submissions, and ALL of them looked amazing. We had a team of five judges grade all the entries based on overall aesthetic (color/component combinations), creativity, difficulty, technical execution (design alignment, etc.),...

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...