By Joe Cermele

Okay. In recent weeks we’ve seen posts here on the Honest Angler dealing with Barbie rods and camo rods. Why not bring up genuine rattlesnake rods from Arm Breaker Custom rods? Check out the slide show below. 

I stumbled across these photos after finding a YouTube video about this company’s custom rods with ostrich leather handles. They also make cobra-skin, alligator-skin, and lizard-skin grips, but the rattler is by far the most fascinating. All prices are available upon inquiry, which usually means I can’t afford it.

While the gimmick-lover in me thinks this is cool, I will say that the company is not passing these off as show pieces. They have a few photos of matching tuna sticks, which suggests to me that someone out there is rigging their boat with custom-colored gator- skin rods. I actually own a preserved rattler head, and it is extremely delicate. I also have a leather pliers sheath that is about destroyed from getting wet and covered in fish slime. So if you can afford 5 custom ostrich-leather trolling rods, do you worry about grabbing them with bait-covered hands? Or do you just call up every few months and say, “Kill a few more birds please. I need new rods?” —JC

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from Sick STi wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

Meh, I'll pass.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

Oh gosh! That thing will scare the fish away. Sorry but I'll take function over style any day.

P.S. JC, My Guinness lure is coming soon.

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from troutrageous1 wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

That's just messed up. Cork works just fine for me.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

I would think about it, (if I had lot's of money)

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from western nyer wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

its obviously not the most practical rod ever built.

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from jtboles wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

i think that would be a cool pole to have if you were loaded with cash but other than that an ugly stik works just fine for me.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

Seems more like a "wall-hanger" than to have any practical use... atleast for the people who can not afford a new leather-gripped rod every year.

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from Sick STi wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

Meh, I'll pass.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

Oh gosh! That thing will scare the fish away. Sorry but I'll take function over style any day.

P.S. JC, My Guinness lure is coming soon.

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from troutrageous1 wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

That's just messed up. Cork works just fine for me.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

I would think about it, (if I had lot's of money)

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from western nyer wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

its obviously not the most practical rod ever built.

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from jtboles wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

i think that would be a cool pole to have if you were loaded with cash but other than that an ugly stik works just fine for me.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

Seems more like a "wall-hanger" than to have any practical use... atleast for the people who can not afford a new leather-gripped rod every year.

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