Jerry Blackwood has been designing and building fishing rods since 1978. Jerry has enjoyed perfecting his methods over the years and is still a passion to this day. Rest assured you will be receiving the finest quality of craftsmanship in every rod. All J Blackwood Rods are built using proven methods of rod building. In addition to many years of experience some of the tools and techniques used are:

. Renzetti spine finder and other methods

. Morton Guide Placement Graph

. The Common Cents System to check the Action and Action Angle

. Guides are visually and laser aligned

. Materials used for all rods from the blanks, guides, threads, and finishes are the latest and finest available