Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rods Love Ice-Ice Baby

For Chris Maples, owner of Frozen = Puppy Custom Ice Rods, it all started as a hobby in 1999. Building custom ice rods was a gre= at way to spend his idle time. In Michigan, all th= e open water turns to ice and anglers flock out to fish in shelters with ice rods = all winter long. Like numerous ot= her entrepreneurs, Chris Maples used his basement as his production area; howev= er, flooding in his basement forced him to move out to the garage. Although having to move, Chris bel= ieves in quality, every Frozen Puppy Rod is hand turned and wrapped giving them an incredible custom finish.

Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rods is a = family run company with two of his sons, Jack who helps builds the rods, along with Scott who deals with the PR/media contacts.

Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rods (= www.frozenpuppy.net) are available in select lengths and actions with two different types of blanks. Anglers can choose fr= om either a solid fiberglass with gloss blue finis or solid graphite with a ma= tte blue finish. The blanks come = from Batson Enterprises incorporated of Sequim, Washington. "The guides that we use are stainless steel with chrome plating, single foot fly guide, on rods 17-inch= es to 30-inches with the fly top ring size #6-#8 to reduce ice build-up," Chris continued, "I recommend Tich plating= with Tio blue zirconium blanks with either graphite or fiberglass rods." All of= the handles that Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rods are made from grade "A" cork. "One of the popular handles we build is what we call straight cork, 1 1/8-inches in O.D. diameter, 6-inches long with a black EVA foam cap on top," explains Chris. Every Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rod = comes with a green glo-tip for improved visibility in= low light conditions. Anglers can= also have their name or nickname put on the rod for that one-of-a-kind customizi= ng finish.

Frozen Puppy Custom Ice Rod keeps a number of popular styles and action on hand for anglers to purchase on the internet. This includes the following size rods: 17-inches to 22-inches straight cork handle SS/SFFG in either fiberglass or graphite, 24-inches to 28-inches reel seat SS/SFFG in fiberglass or graphite, 30-inches to 42-inches Tich/Blue zirconium ring reel seat in fiberglass or graphite, or 30-inches to 42-inch= es reel seat SS/SFFG in fiberglass or graphite.

Anglers can also order a custom bu= ilt ice rod to their own specifications. To have one made an angler must know the length, action of the blank, what fish they are trying to catch, what lures they will be using, how deep they are fishing, diameter, and style of handle. Anglers can also have their name o= r nickname put on the rod for that one-of-a-kind customizing finish.=

Ice anglers can forget about purch= asing a generic, poorly built ice rod to fish with now; Frozen Puppy Custom Ice R= ods delivers a high-quality fishing rod that is individually hand turned and wrapped. In addition to quali= ty, having the correct action will help you catch more fish. So, what are you waiting for? Get out there on the ice-ice baby.=

Written by Brad Wiegmann. Brad is a professional fishing guide = on Beaver Lake and a freelance outdoor writer. Contact him at (479) 756-= 5279, www.bradwiegmann.com, or by e-mail at bwiegmann@bradwiegmann.com.