LJ3
01-03-2014, 11:27 AM
So... in my quest to begin rod building, I'm going to build my first one with a kit from mudhole that I got for Christmas. It's a good'un made by St Croix. While doing all this and practicing to make sure I get a decent rod for my first build I'm keeping an eye toward building what would hopefully be my nicest fishing rod down the road once I get the process down. That being said, I already have a couple really nice rods, one a G Loomis bronzeback model and another real nice Fenwick that can hang with the Loomis and I actually like the handle a bit better...
Discovery #1 - G Loomis don't sell blanks anymore
Discovery #2 - So as I'm looking for where to get the really good blanks, I discovered Gary Loomis ain't even AT G Loomis anymore and has nothing to do with them. He now has another company called North Fork composites. http://www.northforkcomposites.com/ And they sell blanks.
Now all I need is to find out what the best options are for a handle and guides and I'm almost there.
But...
perhaps I'll focus on building my first rod first.
I KNEW I shouldn't have started down this road :)
Discovery #1 - G Loomis don't sell blanks anymore
Discovery #2 - So as I'm looking for where to get the really good blanks, I discovered Gary Loomis ain't even AT G Loomis anymore and has nothing to do with them. He now has another company called North Fork composites. http://www.northforkcomposites.com/ And they sell blanks.
Now all I need is to find out what the best options are for a handle and guides and I'm almost there.
But...
perhaps I'll focus on building my first rod first.
I KNEW I shouldn't have started down this road :)