Wow! Great news!

Congrats, Shane!

Congratulations Shane and congratulations to Mark & Tim too! Sounds like a win-win-win !
Very excited to see what the future holds.

Two class acts now in one place.

Are these now called Trout Smith? I'm just wondering, I've been trying to build rods lately and wanna try new blanks.

Great news! Can any new rod models be called the Steffenwolf "Born to be Wild" series??

Shortly after finding this site I bought three, 3 piece Steffen Brothers, eight food rods. one was a complete rod the other two were blanks that I learned how to finish out. #1 is 3/4, #2 is a 4/5 and #3 is the 5/6. Really like all of them but my favorite in the 5/6 that I fitted out to be a combo rod for spinning and fly fishing for when on a rough trip with travel weight restrictions. A fiberglass rod with REC Recoil guides and Tennessee grip in a tube is indestructible. Outside the tube it is nearly indestructible. Great for fly fishing up a stream, then at the headwaters spinfishing the source lake.
I, like Crusty Bugger and aurelio corso hope that the new owner doesn't change a thing about the Steffen line. I also hope he can help out those that would like the discontinued rods as Special orders. No doubt they were discontinued for a reason.
Good luck on your new line of rods.
........Barney

Crusty, It's hard work and I am busy but I'll manage.

Your guess is incorrect. I have all the original equipment, mandrels and the fiberglass material here in Michigan. None is in PA. There is no need to try and make something similar... I will be making the exact same blanks on the exact same equipment and with the exact same prepeg. Pressures? Roll angles? neither of those are factors.

Thanks Sir!

That's a big accomplishment (and shipping bill). I wish you the best and hope you get everything set up and start getting production blanks out of the shop soon.

Congratulations Shane, can't wait to see where you go with these.

Good stuff!

I’m a Graywolf fan. Almost from the first day I got interested in fiberglass, I have been lusting after and buying rods from Shane. When the news broke about the Steffen Bros acquisition, I figured it would be a matter of (little) time and I’d add my first Steffen to my collection. However, I did not expect is that it would be a graphite that would be the first trigger pull.

Then Shane posted pictures of his NOS Steffen graphite rods, those beautiful dark blue blanks with spigot ferrules. I saw that 7’6” 2/3 with Flor grade western grip, uplocking black reel seat with variegated thread white, dark and light blue wraps and I was sold.

The rod arrived at the start of my current visit to Mississippi.
Boasting a medium fast action, I paired it up with the new Ross Colorado click pawl reel that I had lined with DT2F 406 Vintage went out looking for panfish and bass. It casts exactly where you point it.

I changed flies to a weighted leech to get something larger to toss, and decided to throw out a little deeper. Fun surprise catch: Pup redfish on! Two weight line and trout 4x
leader. Not expecting a saltwater biggie.
Quite a fight but this rod handled it like a champ.


Here’s the fly after the catch.
These Graywolf Steffen graphite rods are fantastic sticks. Bravo, Shane.