Tempted by a custom rod?

SERIOUS ANGLERS ARE KEEN TO own a custom rod but wary about which to choose. Playing with rods ranging from shortish and easy-going to long and beefy may have given you a fair idea of the options, but the unnerving thing is that the rods that seem to work best may not be the ones we originally had in mind.

For example, to your surprise and perhaps to your disappointment as well, you get on much better with a modestly stiff rod and a wide pendulum swing, whereas your dream was to master the latest tournament-grade weapons the casting experts recommend.

Imagine that your fishing mate sees things differently, which is no surprise given