Kistler Z-Bone rods, the champion's choice
"Once you use a Kistler Z-Bone rod, you won't want to use anything else!" exclaimed Alton Jones, the 2008 Bassmaster Classic champion. "The lightweight feel of the Z-Bone is unmatched by any other fishing rods that I've ever used."
Using technology once available only to pricy custom rod builders, Kistler Z-Bone rods offer every angler an innovative lighter, stronger -- yet more sensitive rod that completely outclasses anything else on the market. Build in Magnolia, Texas, with the best American technology and superior materials, Kistler Z-Bone rods incorporate blanks developed by legendary rod designer Gary Loomis.
To reduce weight -- but not strength the Kistler Custom Rod company makes each rod of high modulus carbon with paper carbon scrim, the weaved material that wraps around the blank to hold the graphite together. Most rods use a heavier fiberglass scrim.
"After two years of development and six months of testing, Z-Bones have proven to be stronger, lighter and more sensitive than anything else on the market with no breakage," said Trey Kistler, owner of Kistler Custom Rods. "With the paper carbon scrim, we get a much lighter, more sensitive rod. Our unique 'raw carbon' finish involves no added color, gloss or matte coating at all. By leaving our blanks naturally finished, we can deliver not just the lightest rod possible, but also one with an incredibly sensitive tip that will also equate to tons of detected bites."
Each Z-Bone also comes with Fuji Micro Guides, previously available only to high-end custom rod builders. Lighter than conventional guides, Fuji Micro Guides also allow more rod vibration, which translates into more sensitivity. Conventional guides absorb rod vibrations and curtail sensitivity.
"With the sensitivity of a Kistler Z-Bone, I not only feel the strike better, I feel the whole environment better," the bass champ explained. "When fishing soft plastics, I am in better contact with the bottom and can feel the difference when the bait drags over gravel, sand or heavy rock. I can also detect strikes a little sooner than with other rods."
One would think a rod would give up strength for increased sensitivity. Not so with Z-Bones! Made with the highest quality materials intensively tested at the factory and under actual fishing conditions, each Z-Bone delivers unparalleled strength that can yank lunkers from entangling cover.
"The strength of a Z-Bone rod is unmatched," Jones explained. "I'm very hard on my rods. I frequently fish tough conditions where I'm trying to jack heavy bass out of thick cover, but I've never broken a Z-Bone. It's a very strong, tough -- yet light rod. I'm on the water not only a lot of days, but long hours. Often, I'm on the water 14 hours a day. I need a rod that I can fish 14 hours a day."
A pro like Alton Jones might smash heavy jigs through thick cover in a southern swamp one day and then fish a finesse worm in a clear desert lake a few days later so he needs a versatile collection of rods in varied sizes, actions and lengths. Kistler Custom Rods offers 36 Z-Bone models in various sizes, actions and configurations to give serious anglers all the options they need to make the most of their fishing experience.
If anglers don't see exactly what they want, they can order their own custom rod directly from Kistler Custom Rods. In a one-of-a-kind Internet-based operation, customers can choose their own favorite options, components and colors. Kistler will build it and send it to them.
"There's no question that a Kistler Z-Bone rod can help anyone catch more fish," Jones concluded. "Whenever people can put a piece of equipment in their hands that's more comfortable and easier to use, they can stay focused longer. Once you use a Z-Bone, it's hard to fish with anything else because the difference is so astounding."
For more information about Kistler Z-Bone Rods or any other Kistler Custom Rods product, call 281-259-8033. On line, see www.kistlerrods.com