![]() ![]() The Rod Shop greatly lowered production levels the past few years while the overall catfish tackle business boomed. ![]() Starting with muskie blanks, Tom Knox sourced the materials and built the rods while veteran anglers John Jamison and Phil King perfected the presentation. It was appropriate for a small shop just off the Missouri River to produce the sticks on custom order for nearly all of the catfish community. Not all catfish hunters live near major rivers and, at the time of the rod’s release, even fewer practiced the art of bumping (aka, slipping and baitwalking). ![]() It was a specialty rod optimized for light weight with a power and action that allows an angler to lift and control 3-ounce weights and bait in current up to 700 feet from the boat. For years, the 7-foot 10-inch Driftmaster and Bait Walker Catfish bumping rod series produced by the Rod Shop in northern Kansas City was the only game in town. ![]()
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