Cape Coral, Florida · Est. 2018
Built forthe bite.
Tiki Custom Rods builds fishing rods one blank at a time, wrapped by hand on the wrapper. Inshore, offshore, fly, matched sets and repairs. Built by anglers, for anglers.
- Built by anglers, for anglers
- LEO owned
- Made in the U.S.A.
- Hand crafted fishing rods
- 2018Building sinceCape Coral, Florida
- 119KAnglers followingon Instagram
- 100%Wrapped by handevery guide, every rod
- LifetimeLimited warrantyon every rod off the bench
What comes off the bench
Four ways to get a Tiki in your hand
Custom Builds
One rod, built to one angler. You pick the blank, the guides, the seat, the grip and the thread, and it gets wrapped by hand on the wrapper until it is right.
- Inshore, offshore and fly
- Matched sets
- Decorative and cross wraps
House Rods
The Frigate Series. Same bench, same hands, built to a fixed spec so you can buy one off the rack and know exactly what you are getting.
- Inshore and offshore
- Ti Forged and Virtus Unlimited guides
- Carbon fiber and E-glass blanks
Repairs & Rewraps
Broken tip, cracked guide, tired wraps. Bring in the rod you already trust and it goes back out fishing instead of into the garage.
- Tip and guide replacement
- Full rewraps
- Refinishing
Dealers & Wholesale
Shops and charter operations can carry the Tiki line. Twenty rods to open, mixed however you like, and a free rod stand if you take thirty.
- Twenty rods to open, mixed
- Free rod stand at thirty
- Net 30 terms
How a rod gets built
Five steps, none of them skipped
A custom rod is not a catalogue order. It starts with a conversation about where you fish and ends with epoxy curing on the wrapper.
- 01
The conversation
Where do you fish? What types of bait do you use? What reels and what boat are you running? The rod gets specified around your answers, not around a catalogue.
- 02
Blank and hardware
Blanks, reel seats and guides hand selected for each type of build.
- 03
Guide placement
Guides are laid out and static tested on the blank itself so the load spreads properly through the curve, then taped and checked again.
- 04
The wrapper
Every wrap is laid down by hand on the wrapper. This is where the color goes on, and where a decorative or cross wrap gets built if you asked for one.
- 05
Finish and cure
Epoxy over the thread, turned until it levels and cures hard and clear. Then it gets checked, labeled and it is yours.
Thread work
The part you cannot order from a catalogue
Cross wraps, tipped and trimmed bands, camo, service emblems, marbled butt sections. If you can describe it, it can be wrapped.
More of it, every week, on Instagram.
@tiki_rods
Built to fish.
Not to sit on a wall. Every rod that leaves this bench is a working tool, built one at a time, and it carries a limited lifetime warranty because of it.
Giving back
Casting for Care
When an offshore fisherman gets hurt, the bills do not stop and the paycheck does.Casting for Care exists to cover that gap, and Jack sits on its board.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you fish for.
Send us the water, the target, the reel you are running and any colors you have in mind. You will get a real answer back, not an auto-reply.
