These gaffs are much like custom rods; all sorts of bells and whistles can be placed on them within reason.
The process is pretty long, first we have to receive the blanks from the pacific, they are then cured, sanded, hand chosen and many times stained. Each piece is cut to desired length and hand picked for specified use. If you’re a mahi fisherman, we don’t want to make you a bluefin gaff. We look to outfit you with exactly what you need.
We customize to accommodate nearly all colors with blues, greens, grays and black being the most popular. We do solid colors, rasta themes, Bahamian flag, ect.. Most colors are chosen to match vessel paint and or rods and most lashings are done with a 4 cord max with 2-3 colors looking best.
Custom decals are my wife’s specialty and we urge customers who choose this, to send an idea of what they want, including unobstructed pictures, vessel names, nicknames or phrases. A straight on picture of the transom with no rope or shadows is ideal and if you have a sticker please know that a white outline look best. Our most popular decals are the fish decals and the man o war bird!! Frigates are also a great choice as they look great.
Grips- I can put any grip you want on but the most durable and best are the corded lashings seen in pictures. Most gaffs, depending on length (2’-12’) have one long grip at butt cap then 1-5 up the shaft with the last one closer to the hook for preventing slippage on large species. If your looking to turn heads, add some custom art with superior performance, or if you’re wanting to get one as a gift for that hardcore fisherman that has just about everything, then these gaffs are for you!
Our most popular is our ‘’rigged out” model as seen in 99% of our pictures. All custom gaffs are hand made and chosen for straightness and appropriate taper as all blanks vary.
These include but not limited to
1 *cured, sanded and stained Calcutta blank (2’-12’)
1 410 electropolished hook 2”,3”, and 4”—3” is perfect for 90% of applications Choice of custom colored lashings
1 long grip
1-6 short grips
Custom Vessel decal
Custom Home port, fish decals, college sports, scattered frigate birds**, personalization, ect..
Each gaff is 100% epoxied with a top of the line flex epoxy.
Basic washing is all they need