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 – Specialty Classes
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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102 Reviews
Customer Reviews
I attended the Advanced Workshop, in Oviedo, Florida. What a great weekend of first-class presenters, presentations and topics! Bob McKamey, Todd Vivian, and the Mud Hole Team/Instructors are such a great group of people, and always willing to share their knowledge. I learned a ton and made some new friends along the way. I highly recommend attending any of the Mud Hole events and classes, you'll be glad you did! I can't wait to go again!!!
I have been building rods for 35 years and thought I was a beginner at some of these classes. Things I have seen but never knew how to do it. (I'm a hands-on person) I learned so much to add to my rod building skills.
My first build after the classes was a Gaff, with the help of Steuart even after the classes. I also incorporated the finishing class on the finish on the gaff.
Just the food was worth the class fee.
I will be at the next one for sure.
I built this Gaff for my son to match his other rods I have built him.
This class was great! Todd, Curt, Cindy, and Mike are all incredibly knowledgeable and great at guiding the class through the process of building a custom fishing rod. They even went over some more advanced techniques on the last day to give some inspiration for future builds. If you have been wanting to get into custom building, this is definitely the way to do it!
Just finished the class and WOW! Great instructor to student ratio providing lots of individual instruction. Loved everything about the class. Watched the online videos before attending but nothing replaces the instructor led classroom environment for me.
Just completed my first 3day class at Mud Hole training center. All I can say is what a great time. Instructors were fantastic. There was plenty of one on one instruction when needed and no questions were left unanswered. I left there with the desire and knowledge to start building more rods. 👍👍👍
