A customer asked me if I could reproduce a rod he bought in the mid-west at Scheels Sporting goods. 7.5 foot 1+ (telescoping rod) "popping rod" 12-20lb test line I think (no info printed on the blank). The blank looks like it could be either a St Croix or an older Batson Enterprises IM6 blank (blue / green color). I'm not so concerned with the color and neither is he. I just need to find a blank like this - one that collapses to 6' or so in order to fit in his bass boat rod locker. Anyone have any ideas?

Even though you are probably already familiar with the latest st croix catalog content, the only telescopic butt blank they list is the 3C710HMF, 14-30lb and carbon pearl finish. This blank collapses down to 6ft6in. Phenix 1+ blanks are 6ft when collapsed, if I am not wrong, at least the ultralight elixir flipping blanks are achieving this down from 8ft, but those are too light for the specified line rating. The phenix ultra super flipper blanks are exactly the thing. I am new around here though I hope this helped. [www.mudhole.com]

Thank you I'll check them out

Still looking for a telescopic "flippn' stick'' to match ....... used to be able to find lots of choices now not so many.

edit didn't work well, obviously.



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Barb @ [www.jannsnetcraft.com] just confirmed that the < 7ft6in Rainshadow IFT904 /w 23in (7ft6in minus 1ft11in) telescopic handle section > and < the 7ft6in Netcraft IM6 10-25lb 6.5 tip .660 butt /w 18in (7ft6in minus 1ft6in = 6ft) telescopic handle section > are available.

[www.jannsnetcraft.com]
[www.jannsnetcraft.com]

catalog [www.jannsnetcraft.com]

specs from catalog:

IFT904 - 7’6” - 10-20 lb - cw. 1/4 - 1 - butt. .620" - tip. 7.5 - w. 3.22 oz - p. $92.59
NCRFT - 7’6” - 10-25 lb - cw. n/a-n/a - butt. .660” - tip. 6.5 - w. 3 1/2 oz- p. $47.95



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[www.versitex.com] search for:
1+ [www.versitex.com] ; [www.jannsnetcraft.com] checked st croix 2C76HF yesterday and they said that it is available in their stock, but that there is nothing telescopic about it, in the spec they have it.
1X [www.versitex.com]
1+X [www.versitex.com]
telescoping handle [www.versitex.com]

2nd edit:
from " 1=X [www.versitex.com] " to " 1+X [www.versitex.com] ",my typo like it would matter much, the link was correct, last edit: the links are included in the post in order to be used, doh.



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Thanks AGAIN ... I did go with the Rainshadow IFT904