Brad Dong wanted a light weight rod that would be stable enough and strong enough to fight some larger game. He choose the Rainshadow RCLB70ML RX6. This is a 7', 20-40# blank . Brad had us spiral wrap the rod and give it a woven graphite fore grip for added sensitivity. We took our boat Alibi II for a rod test. The large humbolt squid were biting off the deep canyon waters of Monterey Bay. Brad dropped a large squid jig down to around 800 ft. After a few jigs he was hooked up. He had quite a fight but easily won the battle. After landing the large squid, Brad praised the stability the spiral wrap gave his new rod.

"A custom rod fitted to me sure made landing a quality fish much easier. Thirty plus pounds of Humboldt squid hauled up from 650 feet of water. No sweat!"  Brad Dong

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Letter received from the customer Steve Troop

 

Dear Cheryl and Dave,very much enjoyed browsing your sight (I'm envious). My wife and I have 6 children that have all grown up on our boat; a Radon Cortez 22. We fished commercially for a time. Now my oldest son and I both hold Masters liscenses and we're contimplating starting a charter service. Recently I contacted Alibi to help me solve a problem that has troubled me for many years  I am missing my right arm and the hook attachment on my prothesis, that I use to hold the pole destroys traditional cork grips rather quickly. I was looking for an alternative grip that would slow down or eliminate this problem. When I called Alibi, Dave was extremely helpful. He brainstormed with me and we were able to come up with an alternative grip which Alibi applied to 2 of my favorite poles.Now after a couple of dozen uses, 5 X's the life expectancy of cork grips, my grips are still in good shape. I'd like to thank you for your help in solving this problem and have been busy showing off your skillful craftmenship to all of my fellow fisherman and recommending Alibi Custom Rods to everybody I know !  I'll be contacting you within the next couple of weeks to have you re-grip all of my favorite rods as well as having you start making myself and my family custom Tuna rods for next season. Thanks again for your help and I look forward to doing business with you in the future. 
                                                               Sincerely,                                                                                                          

                                                                    Steve Throop and Family

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           Email received from customer Bill Herbner in Oregon

           Morning Cheryl,

           Just returned from a few hours on one of the local lakes, catching these
           guys with the ultra-light and a Mitchell 308 is a ton of fun!
                                                                                       Bill Herbner
 
                                                   

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Email and Photos received from Mike Johnson

 Cheryl,
"That was a real treat to fight a fish on that rod! Look at that bend!"
Mike

  

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Note sent from Amanda Johns

Cheryl,

I thanked my dad so many times for the rod that I lost count, but didn't feel it was fair to leave you out.  I just wanted to let you know that I think you did a fantastic job designing the rod for me.  I put the Abu reel on it just to see how it looked, and while it will do the trick for the time being it wont last for long.  I plan on doing the rod justice - it will be getting a pretty red reel, (made by Avet I believe ) any day now.  I think its beautiful - and the pink is SO me. :)  Thanks again, and lets all hope that it brings good luck when I go out on the water!

Sincerely,
Amanda

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From Tim Obert,  Commercial Fisherman and customer

this is a really late report but its mostly a thank you anyways!! to dave and cheryl from alibi custom rods! i won a gift certificate in a grady white tournament back in june they donated the prize and man i cant say enough about the quality of work they do ! ive owned lami,loomises,calstars, and they dont hold a finger to how to the beauty and feel of these rods!! the first day i had this rod i went and live bait striper fished off my boat here in santa cruz, i nailed 3 stripers to 16lbs that nite! then the next day i took it tuna fishing and that really broke it in! i got 6 tuna on fish traps! biggest was 27lbs!! alot of rods look nice but theres fish nice too!! thanks again guys for building a great rod!! p.s were still on for halis one of these days!
p.p.s and later i will give a report from today...

Tim Obert