About Us

At Offshore Custom Rods, our mission is to craft high-quality, handcrafted fishing rods right here in New Zealand — rods that are not only built to perform but are a pleasure to fish with. 

The company has been successfully producing quality rods for the NZ market for over 41 years. We work with premium NZ-made blanks from CTS (Auckland) and import trusted blanks from leading U.S. brands like Calstar and Rainshadow. Our rods are built using top-tier components from Fuji, Alps, and AFTCO to ensure strength, durability, and precision.

We’re a small, dedicated team — just the two of us — which means every rod receives our full attention. This also means there may be a short wait time, but as the saying goes: good things take time.

We’d love to be part of your next fishing adventure.
Cheers, Matt & Angie Dodd

 



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Custom Colours

If you are having a rod custom built their are many colour options to choose from.  We find that if you have a darker underbind colour then a light...

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