I came home from work the other night to find a long white triangle shaped box propped up on the front porch from Temple Fork Outfitters. Inside rolled in bubble wrap was a T.F.O. SGII glass blank.
This 6'9" two piece blank feels pretty fast for glass and I've already dubbed this short 5/6 weight as the "Pocket Rocket". Who's knows...I might like best with a seven weight.
The glass blank went right back in the box and I sent it off yesterday to the fellows at One by One Custom Rod for the build treatment.
The little bit on this blank that I know is that T.F.O. invested some time and development into the SGII fiberglass project but in the end decided not to offer finished fly rods in their line up.
A stock of these blanks used to sit at T.F.O. headquarters in Texas but were sold one by one to custom builders and glass geeks looking for a faster action fiberglass option. T.F.O. is now completely out of stock of these blanks.
This 6'9" two piece blank feels pretty fast for glass and I've already dubbed this short 5/6 weight as the "Pocket Rocket". Who's knows...I might like best with a seven weight.
The glass blank went right back in the box and I sent it off yesterday to the fellows at One by One Custom Rod for the build treatment.
The little bit on this blank that I know is that T.F.O. invested some time and development into the SGII fiberglass project but in the end decided not to offer finished fly rods in their line up.
A stock of these blanks used to sit at T.F.O. headquarters in Texas but were sold one by one to custom builders and glass geeks looking for a faster action fiberglass option. T.F.O. is now completely out of stock of these blanks.
3 comments:
Thanks for the heads up! I sent off an e-mail to Temple Fork....can't wait to hear back.
I'm wondering how this would be as a general-purpose bass rod. Any thoughts?
Ryan...let me know if you end up getting one too.
Abe...I'm thinking that it will work nicely as a kayak/warmwater stick. I like short fly rods with some bone to them. This one has that.
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