Specifications
| Action | Fast |
|---|---|
| Application | Bass, Casting |
| Color | Metallic Black Pearl |
| Length | 7'0" |
| Line | 10-17 lb. |
| Lure | 1/4 - 3/4 oz. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Power | Medium-Heavy |
Product Details
Items Included in Med-Heavy Bass Rod Class
Build this rod start to finish!
Featured in this rod:
- MHX MB843 rod blank in Metallic Black Pearl
- MHX Winndry® polymer grips
- Fuji® ECSM blank-exposed reel seat
- CRB LZR ultra-thin guides
Over $180 In Products: You will receive over $180 in products including a CRB hand wrapper, rod blank, reel seat, handle, guides, tip top, thread, decals, epoxy glue, thread finish...and more!
Time & Location
Meet Our Instructors
Todd Vivian
Todd Vivian has been building custom rods for 35 years.
After spending 20 years as lead rod designer for Lamiglas in Washington state, Todd relocated to Florida to develop complete lines of blanks for Mud Hole.
12 years and 600+ blanks later, Todd is still just as passiontate about fishing, sharing his knowledge as lead instructor for Mud Hole's education program.
Buzz Butters
Buzz Butters has been building custom rods for 35 years.
He began teaching high school students about 20 years ago and joined Mud Hole as part of the Teaching Staff about 8 years ago.
His company, B&B Custom Rods is a well-known purveyor of Walleye and Ice fishing rods in the Wisconsin-area.
Cindy McKay
As a school teacher, Cindy McKay first came to Mud Hole with the intention of sharing rod building with her students.
She quickly realized that parents were just as eager to learn, and joined Mud Hole as an instructor in our nationwide on-the-road series of classes.
Cindy has been with Mud Hole Custom Tackle as a regular instructor since 2017.
Curt Baker
Curt Baker has been building and fishing custom rods in the Tampa, FL area for over 35 years.
With grouper, snapper and black tip shark as his favorite species to target, he has built countless rods for them over the years.
Curt has been sharing his knowledge through Mud Hole's education program for over 10 years.
Mike Kosiba
Mike Kosiba has been a rod building instructor with Mud Hole for about 5 years, though he began his rod building career in the late 90’s – bringing decades of rod building experience to Mud Hole.
Mike grew up in Florida but has been able to sharpen his skills fishing in places around the country, for virtually every species of fish… although he still prefers the trout and redfish in the Indian River.
Jesus Peña
Jesus Peña was a student in our very first rod building workshop over 10 years ago!
He flew to Chicago from South Texas to take this class in 2009. Soon after, he began helping instruct Mud Hole classes in Corpus Christi, Houston and Dallas.
Jesus has been with Mud Hole Custom Tackle as a full time instructor for over 5 years.
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Customer Reviews
My husband and I attended a rod building class this past weekend. He’s the fisherman and I just went along for fun - we both had the BEST time! The instructors (there were quite a few) were so helpful and did a great job of explaining the process each step of the way. If we got stuck, they were always available to help us individually. We both came away with rods we were so proud of! On top of that, you get to keep all the equipment you used so all you have to do is buy more rod blanks and guides and you can keep making them at home! Thank you to Cindy, Todd and all the great instructors at Mud Hole! My husband is looking forward to taking your fly fishing rod class next!
I attended the grand rapids class,and my instructors Todd,Buzz,and Jesus was very knowledgeable and learned a lot from each one of them.cant wait to learn more from them THANK You all
Todd, Buzz, and Jesus were great. They were knowledgeable, very helpful, and patient. They made the class fun & enjoyable. I would recommend this class to anyone interested in learning how to make a custom rod. I was very happy with the way my rod came out. Looking forward to using mine this Spring
It was an awesome class and the instructors were incredibly knowledgeable and helpful also very informative about what they were instructing I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Had a great time with Todd,Buzz & Jesus. Very knowledgeable & took there time with each student to make sure we done it correctly.
