Hi guys

Got some one looking for one of the New Loomis Blanks For a surf rod 11' 2 piece to throw 3 ozs

Any one carry these ?? Can not find any thing on the North fork site

Bill - willierods.com

North Fork does not manufacture G. Loomis blanks.

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G Loomis is no more But Gary is making or designing blanks for North Fork - Correct And I had herd they can out with a new model ??

Bill - willierods.com

G. Loomis is still going strong and doing business as usual. They no longer sell blanks to the custom builder.

North Fork Composites makes their own line of rod blanks, which are available to the custom builder. Their link is to the left and you can easily contact them and ask about any new models you may have heard of.

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I shoot them an email

I thought Garry was designing them ??

Bill - willierods.com

Gary is designing North Fork blanks, not G. Loomis blanks.

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I told the guy to forget the build Not enough money A rod of what he wants is 550.00 he wants a new blank at 300.00 Naaaa

Bill - willierods.com

Put a Batson blank on the build and he will likely be very happy with the rod.
Roger

Roger

he has a - Friend - that will do him a Loomis for 300.00 I will not touch it for that

No more cheep o's

Bill - willierods.com

It would be interesting to know where the friend is getting the blank since Loomis no longer sells blanks to the custom builder.

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Not only has G Loomis not offered blanks since 9/1/2009, but when they did offer them the price of a surf blank was substantial. Not only is the pedigree questionable, the warranty is most definitely an interesting subject. When a G Loomis blank breaks, there are no replacements - period.

Tom
I was thinking just that maybe an older blank ??

Jim

he tells me he has gotten a new rod when one has broken ???

I am better staying away from this

Bill - willierods.com

bill boettcher Wrote:
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> he tells me he has gotten a new rod when one has
> broken ???


Depending on the circumstances, it is possible to get a new FACTORY rod in exchange for a broken custom blank. They do usually assess a fee - currently $100 when treated as a solution under the Expeditor program. I can assure you that he will not be getting a replacement blank, no matter what.

An expensive custom Loomis rod, right.
A older friend of our family bought a $150, 7 1/2 ft salmon rod that was reportedly built on a Loomis blank at a local shop, Dad asked if I could repair it. First look I could see something was up, a little investigation showed it was really two unknown trash rod blanks stuck inside each other.
Long story - short he received a custom rod, with his name on it, built on a Batson SW 967, a great "Do It All" blank for salmon and legal size sturgeon in the Columbia River.

Seems this guy wanted me to build him a Loomis rod that off the shelf sells for - on the net -- 550.00 for 300.00 on a 200.00 blank I was offered form a friend Doooooo

Bill - willierods.com