WE HAVE A WINNER!
The International Rod Building Challenge is a truly international competition with builders from all over the world taking part. This year’s competition was the largest on record with over 80 entrants from all over the world including; Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Competitors submitted completed rods to be initially judged at the International Custom Rod Building Expo by a panel of 30 fishing industry and custom rod building experts to choose the top 10. Those top 10 were then returned to American Tackle HQ where an elite panel of judges with backgrounds in custom rod building, angling media, the fishing tackle industry, and as expert anglers graded each rod. With such a high caliber of builders it was amazing to see all the different styles and builds all based on the same blank with only 7 points separating the top 3 it was the tightest margin this competition has ever seen.
