Coastal Inshore Perfection

Before we decided to produce Addiction Inshore, we were asked whether we could use our rod design expertise for the booming market that is coastal inshore fishing. From the Carolinas to the Texas gulf coast, inshore fishing is one of the best growing markets today. After looking carefully at the rods on the market, and speaking with the folks who use, and sell these rods everyday, we knew right away we could design a home run.

Spiral Helix Carbon Fiber

Back in 2007 we devised a technique for rolling blanks that involved using two different carbon fiber prepreg cloths, and assembling them on the mandrel that resulted in very unique properties. This technique is what allowed us to produce ultra-lightweight blanks, with tips of varying degrees of softness - without being brittle. We called it Spiral Helix Carbon Fiber, and it's a very real method to making our unique blanks. We're confident enough to put our blank quality, sensitivity, and actions up against rods costing 2 and 3 times more, and come out ahead.

For the Addiction product lines, we returned to this method of rolling blanks. We had great success with it in the past, and it offers the best chance of producing the exact action we were looking for with each specifically designed model.

304 Stainless Guide Rings

The one guide coastal inshore anglers said they liked was the spring steel guide. The problem with spring steel is it's incredibly expensive, and we've heard of it grooving with super line and braided lines. Our stainless rings run all types of line, without grooving, and the sandwich design means the rings don't ever pop out. The stainless frames and rings are also safe for use in saltwater.

Split-Tapered Cork Handles

They are designed to keep the weight down, and your grip up. The tapers and lines of the cork, and the custom reel seat we use were designed in part by using modeling clay and different sized hands. They'll feel great in your hands, we guarantee it!

Oversized Fighting Butt

We know how you fight the fish, and our oversized 40mm diameter fighting butt will keep you in the game longer, with far less discomfort from traditional plastic rod butts. The end is cushioned with a high-density but compressable foam, and the top is 100% cork.

Contoured Reel Seats

Most people don't think about their reel seat unless it's giving them problems. We thought about it before it gives you a problem, and what we found is there's no substitute for a reel seat that can accomodate all your reels and be able to hold them securely. We tested our new heavy duty reel seats with dozens of reels, and found they all locked down tightly, and easily.

Precise Hand-Tailored Actions

No feature of a rod is more important and personal than the action. If you don't like it, or it doesn't suit the use of the rod, you won't like using that rod and it isn't going to help you land fish. With all our design consultation, we were flooded with opinions on what rod people really thought had the best action. We ended up testing them all on our deflection table in the lab, marking each one carefully, then coming up with our own unique curve that incorporated some of the more important characteristics of each. The result is each of our rod actions is so unique, you will not find it anywhere else on the market. We're also sure you'll like it so much, you won't be able to put it down. That's been the result in closed field testing.