As this unprecedented year comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the opportunity to serve your rod building needs in 2008. Reflecting back on 2008, Mud Hole Custom Tackle had the opportunity to introduce, hundreds of new and unique items – from our “Custom Rod Builder” line of specialized rod building products to vertical jigging blanks,
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Rod Builders, Today Only - December 12, 2008, Mud Hole Custom Tackle is offering FREE shipping on orders over $150! Follow the link below to read the details, hurry today will be over before you know it.
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HI All, Yes we have Pink, Blue and Purple rod kits! And if you purchase one before Christmas, you get a Mud Hole Spinning reel for FREE!! The reel is a $30 value and it's your for FREE with your Pink Rod kit. This is a great way to build a custom rod and get a matching reel for an exceptionally low price - with a life time warranty!! These fun rod building kits make it easy for first-tim
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Greetings Rod Builders! Mud Hole is pleased to announce we are going to be open late this holiday season to better serve you! We will be open extended hours from 9AM to 8PM EST Monday to Thursday until December 25th. We hope these extended hours provide better service to our west coast customers. If these extended hours prove to be successful, we will look at extended them beyond December
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Cyber Monday Super Sale (12/1/08 Only) - Mud Hole Custom Tackle is offering a Fuji TITANIUM SIC concept guide set at 50% OFF - Today only!! Yes, you can now save 50% on a Fuji Titanium SIC concept guide set. If you have never tried these top-of-the-line guides, now is your opportunity at significant savings. Titanium SIC guides are Fuji's finest guides, with 45% to 65% weight savings over oth
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Today Only - Save 35% on Select Fuji Guides! Mud Hole's once-a- year Black Friday Super Sale is underway, click on the link below for more great savings on rod building items before time runs out! For other great Holiday Gift ideas for rod builders, click on the link below:
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Fellow Rod Builders, Mud Hole Custom Tackle is getting ready and making room for the holiday season, so we have lowered pricing on our selection of discontinued Lamiglas blanks to 60% off to move them out of the warehouse. Now is the best time to pick up one of these models before they are all gone! These rod blanks are discontinued models from 2004 to 2007, and are tagged and bagged in t
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We have used this cork filler with great success:
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Fellow Rod Builders, Mud Hole Custom Tackle is starting this Holiday season early and with a great special - a FREE spinning reel with the purchase of one of our colorful Custom Builder rod kits! These reels feature 5 ball barrings and an aluminum body. You can now build a custom fishing rod and get a free matching spinning reel to fish your custom rod with. This special is only for a
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American Tackle has a whole travel line of blanks that might fit your needs, many 3pc 7ft models:
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Team Mud Hole Custom Tackle wishes to extend a big THANK YOU to the 373 plus rod builders who attended our 3rd Annual Open House. A great time was had by all! We met our goal of keeping this year’s event smaller and more intimate with greater attention to customer service, seminar quality and vendor introductions. Thanks again to all the vendors and customers who traveled from near and far t
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In our constant efforts to provide you with the best rod building supplies at the lowest prices, Mud Hole has just bought the remaining inventory of All Star Cork - an entire semi-truckload!! No we're not kidding, it's s semi-truck!! We're getting over a quarter million inches (21,000 feet) of cork handles! That's more cork than any other vendor/distributor (or vendors combined) sell in a year.
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Mud Hole is offering 17mm tubing for larger OD rods favored in the USA, check out: You will have to call the shop to order the 17mm tubes, they are not on the web site yet but they are in the shop.
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Mud Hole is pleased to be the first full line distributor of Phenix blanks. The complete offering of Phenix blanks is available for ordering on our web site at: One word of caution, because this is a new program for Phenix and Mud Hole, lead times can vary on these blanks.
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We featured snake skin inlays in our summer flyer, go to the following page to download instructions for doing snake skin inlays:
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Fellow Rod Builders, Team Mud Hole has done it again, we are pleased to introduce our new Turning Mandrels and our exclusive mandrel wax. Read more by following the links below: Mandrels: Wax:
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Mud Hole has some cork on special that may be just what you are looking for, for 10" check out: for 8" look at" The prices are right - thats for sure! PS - Mud Hole has a semi-truck of cork coming in the next few weeks, look for some more great cork specials soon! PPS - We have gotten a few emails on that comment.........No we're not kidding, it's s semi-truck!! We
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Fellow Rod Builders, This weeks email special can be found at: We have also added a number of tip top, hook keeper and winding check kits - all packaged in convent boxes, follow the link below to read more:
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Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc is pleased to donate $5,000 to the RodMaker Magazine Library Program. This donation will place 700 books, “Rod-Building Guide: Fly, Spinning, Casting, Trolling” in to 700 public libraries throughout the US. These books will expose rod building to thousands of potential new rod builders. Mud Hole Custom Tackle believes this donation is just the start of what th
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Fellow Rod Builders, This weeks email features our new line of custom rod builder t-shirt's featuring our new custom builder logo. Wear your hart on your sleeve with this unique logo is printed on a high quality cotton t-shirts and currently available with a Free matching sticker. Follow this link to order one today! Also, we now have in stock Abalone strips and directions for using abal
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Mud Hole Custom Tackle is pleased to offer a complete line of purpose built gaff blanks and hooks for the custom rod builder. 316 Stainless Steel hooks are available from 2" to 5" in size and feature a flattened rear section for added holding power. Powerful e-glass blanks, each one made to receive a specific hook size, feature a grooved inside font end to help epoxy bond to the blank
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Fellow Rod Builders, Mud Hole Custom Tackle is please to re-introduce the famous Perfection reel seats, gimbals and round gimbals - in 8 colors! For years Perfection products set the standard in metal reel seats and gimabls. Now under new ownership and in a new manufacturing facility, Perfection is back, better than ever! Follow the link below to see more of these great looking, very funct
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Steve, I don't know the final pricing, but Mud Hole will have 316 stainless steel gaff hooks in various sizes (edit: 2", 3", 4" and 5") as well as purpose built gaff handles (2ft to 6ft with front ID's to fit the hooks) in stock and on our web site in about a week. These are being supplied to custom rod builders so they can make matching gaffs to the custom rods. These are
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Lamiglas Liquidation Sale - NOW 50% OFF MSRP - EXCLUSIVELY @ MUD HOLE! The deal just got sweeter! Mud Hole has just dropped our pricing on the remaining stock of Lamiglas closeout models! There are still a lot of good rod blanks available in all price ranges, from Composites to XMG50 Graphite, the whole spectrum of rod types are covered. Fly - Freshwater - Saltwater - Surf -- all available at
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Hello Fellow Rod Builders, This weeks email special includes three new and exclusive items (including the much asked for painted exposed trigger reel seats), follow the link below to read all about them: First, we how have Japanese quality painted Fuji exposed trigger reel seats many of you have been asking for, read more about these great colorful seats by following the link below:
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ChromaSealâ„¢ color preserver & thread sealant is in-stock now and ready to order online! ChromaSealâ„¢ features: * Superior color retention * Outstanding durability * Non-yellowing, flexible * Water cleanup Developed and produced by Lamar, the maker of ThreadMasterâ„¢ finishes and epoxies. CLICK HERE for More Information.
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Rod Builders, Mud Hole now has in stock exotic burl cork turning blocks and strips! These items are available in 8 colors! Read more at:
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Lakeland is a very small and old company. Many of their products are no longer available, Mud Hole offers everything they currently offer. Lakeland reel seats: Gimbals:
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Greeting Rod Builders, Mud Hole Custom Tackle is pleased to announce our 2008 Summer Catalog in now available on line and arriving in mail boxes this week! This catalog features an in depth How To article with step-by-step instructions for Snake Skin Inlays! Snake Skins are a simple way to really dress up your next custom rod. Mud Hole offers Diamondback, Cobra and Rattle Snake skins by the
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