Hi,
I'm looking for a multi piece 5wt. blank.
Can anybody help me with the Dan Craft SIGIII blanks? As I know some 5wt´s from Sage and Loop it would be a great help to compare the SIGIII to these rods.
Has anybody had problems with loosing pieces while fishing the 5pc. SICIII?
Thanks
Stefan

I have a Sig III 7wt 5pc and have fished it a lot for large rainbow, never had a problem with any of the pieces coming loose while fishing. The only time you might loose a piece would be if you don't put all the peices in the rod tube when you go home.

Have never fished a Loop but would put any of Dan's blanks up against a Sage any day.

I have a Sig III 5 wt at the house but I don't know how much good it would do to CC it as I didn't see any info to compare it to. As Dan stated it appears to be a med fast actioned blank, Sage makes blanks all over the spectrum so I don't know what to tell you. I wouldn't swap it for a Sage and I've had no problem with the ferrules.

We have discontinued our Sig III multi-piece blanks and for 2006 will be offering the new FTL 6pc models. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Dan Craft
Dan Craft Enterprises

Thanks for your help.
Dan, when will the 6pc. FTL's be availible? What kind of action will these blanks have?
Stefan

The FTL803-5 and FTL803-6 (3wt 5pc and 6pc) models will be available in about two weeks. The FTL904-6 and FTL905-6 should follow about 30 days after that. These will be a slightly lighter color than the FTs. The actions will be medium fast and the tapers will be a bit slower than the FT 9'0" models. Modulus will of course still be 57 million modulus high strain graphite. Labels will be decals rather than printed on the blanks.
Thanks,

Dan Craft
Dan Craft Enterprises
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