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3 years ago
Jeffrey Wright
Thank you Matt for your opinion on this topic. I could,nt agree more with you on all your points. The Rainshadow 13 ft is definatly a faster blank than the older noodly style rods. Big rivers with bigger faster flows require a little sturdier rod to turn and manage bigger fresher fish, especially in heavy spring flows. An added bonus is the Rainshadow Immortal blanks in Titainium Chrome tie up an
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3 years ago
Jeffrey Wright
I used to use Fuji SIC exclusivly until a few years ago. I built a rod with Alpls TIYTZG guides as per customer request and was so impressed with the fit and finish that I now look at Alps before anything else as i,m working up a build profile for a customer.
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3 years ago
Jeffrey Wright
I am merely asking the question to see if there is an interest or a demand for this particular blank design. I have built many 3 piece centre-pin rods in the past but Im now seeing a trend towards 2 piece and 4 piece rods. Obviously were talking the 13, 13-6, 14, 15 ft lenghts, and the 3 piece design has always made much more sence to me in respect to storing, traveling and humping through the bu
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3 years ago
Jeffrey Wright
Just putting this out there to the Steelhead community at large. Im curious if the current Centrepin/Float fishing angling community would be interested in seeing these blanks become available to rod builders and the general public again. Rainshadow stoped producing these 3 pc blanks back in 2013 and so are no longer available. These blanks have an ellustrious history and have been long regarded
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