More vendors and seminars have been added to the Expo list. Traffic at the event website is also up - higher than normal for this time of year. Daily traffic at the Expo website is up by a full 3rd over this same time period last year. We expect another record setting event.




Exhibitors:


AFTCO Mfg. Co. Inc.

Alves Components

American Tackle

Angler’s Envy

Angler's Resources/Fuji

Angler’s Roost

Backlash Tools

Batson Enterprises/Rainshadow/ALPS

Bingham Enterprises

Cason's Custom Finishes

Decal Connection

Donart

Electric Oven Varnish

Fishsticks

Flex Coat Company

Jim Upton

Ken Preston Custom Rods

Lamiglas, Inc.

Liquiglass, Inc.

Lodge Creek

Mar Ktruz, LDA

Mickel’s Custom Rods

Midwest Rod & Reel

Mud Hole Custom Tackle

North East Rod Builders - NERBS

North Fork Composites

Pacific Bay

Reelseatblanks.com

Renzetti, Inc.

Riley Rods

RodDancer

RodMaker Magazine

Seeker Rod Company

St. Croix Rods

Sticks and Bones

Swampland Rods

The Rod Shop

The Skin Shop USA

VisualWrap/VisualWeave

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Seminars:

Basic Rod Building with Jim Upton & Dennis Papike

Working with Abalone with Kevin Knox

Foam Core Composite Grips 101 (Basic) with Capt. Mike Pedersen

Cross Wrapping Basics with Billy Vivona

Basic Thread Weaving with Jim Upton

Abalone Shell Inlays with Kevin Knox

Rod Blank Design with Gary Loomis

Rod Building And the Internet with Ken Preston

The Future of Rod Blank Materials with Jason Brunner

Using Alternative Materials in Rod Building with Mark Crouse

Foam Core Composite Grips 201 (Advanced) with Capt. Mike Pedersen

Advanced Decorative Wrapping with Billy Vivona

Wood Turning with Morris Schlesinger

Using VisualWrap & VisualWeave with David Boyle

Saltwater Rod Considerations with Ken Preston

Guide Sizing and Spacing with Jim Upton


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More TBA the 3rd week of December.

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Those of you who attended the 2010 event may remember the slide show which played both days on the large screen TVs in the Showplace hall and Atrium. It contained history, custom rods and custom rod builders. Here is your chance to be part of the 2011 slide show.

I am accepting photos of both custom rods and custom rod builders. There are some specifics, however.

Photos of yourself should have the International Symbol for Custom Rod Building shown somewhere in the photo. I also need your city and state.

Photos of your custom rods should be tastefully photographed (the slideshow is a very high quality production) and therefore try not to photograph your rods on top of dog beds, your wife's coat, etc. Backgrounds of solid colors, sea, sky, etc., are good. So too are backgrounds of components, threads, etc., but be careful not to make the background too busy - the point is to highlight your custom rod. I will include all that respond, but I do require good, well staged photos in order for them to be included.

Large, high quality jpeg photos are fine and can be emailed to me at rodmaker@earthlink.net.

Each person that participates will receive a free DVD containing the slide show, at the Expo.

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Tom,
I am reading that to mean that you are replacing last year's photos and we need to submit new ones or are these in addition?

No, if you want to stick with what you submitted last year, just let me know and I'll include it again. But if you want something new in there, submit it.

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Tom,

Is it acceptable for our rod photos to include our business logo/name of business if that is part of a component included in the photo (i.e., logo on rod tube, etc.)?

Thanks,

Walt Natzke
Ripon, CA

Yes.

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That is good to hear about the interest. I am hoping to make it for the 1st time this year

Tom, Is there a possibility of seeing last years slide show/

Dennis J. Danku
(Sayreville,NJ)

Not now. I have no idea where the presentation is at the moment. Still mixed in somewhere with all the Expo stuff I think. Far too large to put on the web.

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