Kistler Celebrates 25 Years with a New Series : Nitranium

Total Score: 7.92 - GOOD

Introduction: Never one to rest on his laurels, Trey Kistler is constantly looking for ways to improve and diversify his product. In fact, 2024 marks the 25th Anniversary of his company, Kistler Custom Rods. He even made a limited supply run of a 25th Anniversary Helium rod with the original handle design, reel seat, and blue Zirconium guides! At the time of its introduction, the Helium series was Kistler's top end offering and has since been supplanted by Z-Bone. Well, in their silver anniversary year, there's now a new top dog in the company's lineup. Today, we take a look at one of the sticks in that lineup, the Nitranium Nit703LMH.

Kistler Custom Rods has a new series! Introducing Nitranium

Impressions: The Nitranium Nit703LMH is a seven foot (7'-0") stick built around a blank that is manufactured in the US. That's right, the Nitranium represents a return for Kistler Custom Rods to a US made blank only this blank is not from North Fork Composites. Returning to form, Kistler is being somewhat secretive of the source of their blank for this series, which of course, is what sparked my interest in the product to begin with.

The first guide (stripper) and the tip top are Fuji SS/SiC

The remainder are REC nickel titanium

The rod is adorned with a hybrid guide train featuring a Fuji SS/SiC stripper and tip top with REC nickel titanium guides in between. The "light medium heavy" designation is Kistler's way of delivering a stick with the tip of a medium powered rod matched with one that possesses the backbone of medium heavy stick. With that unique power designation comes a slower than usual taper of moderate fast. Finishing the rod is a full rear grip made of cork, no foregrip and a tried and true Fuji ECS reel seat.

Matched with an Abu Garcia Zenon MG-LTX and ready for action