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Close up of the same handle.

A customer sent me this photo I thought I would share with the group, custom wood handle with our new Holographic skeleton hoods.

American Tackle Company has transformed the graphite reel seat in to an exceptional jewelry quality component with the introduction of Blue and Holographicâ„¢ colored hoods. The hoods are high quality stainless steel that is PVD coated in our trademarked holographic and blue colors to match our new colored guides. These reel seats are available in exposed casting, spinning, skeleton and casting trigger styles.

New for 2004 American Tackle Company is introducing a collection of genuine nickel silver reel seats. The nickel silver seats feature high quality machining, precision knurling and fine threading and are offered at an affordable price.

American Tackle Company is now offering holographic and blue ring turbo style boat guides in both chrome & black frames. These guides feature an advanced PVD coated Zirconia rings and stainless steel frames which provide a super smooth and hard ring for demanding saltwater applications with superior corrosion resistance. Matching tops are also available.

New & exclusive from American Tackle Company for 2004 – Holographic and Blue Guides!!

New from American Tackle Compnay real mother of pearl shell from New Zealand covered stabilized hard wood.

A photo of American Tackle Company’s new & improved wrapper support stand which is now standard equipment on our wrappers. Features a fixed top supports that stop the rod from “jumping out†of the support – a common problem on the older style stands.

Side-by-side comparison of American Tackle Company blank to a Rainshadow blank. Both blanks 9ft, 4wt, 2 pc fly rod blanks, secured in the butt sections to a wall. A 2 oz weight was attached to the tips. Overall, the American Tackle blank was clearly faster in the tip and more powerful in the butt. This photo can only capture some of the differences, in person the differences were very apparent with the Rainshadow bending all the way into the handle area of the blank and being much slower in action. In the mid section, the American Tackle held well while the Rainshadow pulled away under load. The tip of the American Tackle blank was much faster and produced a smaller tangential angle to the vertical. See the photo for yourself.