Hi Mike, Darrin is putting the final touches on the design as a matter of fact. I suspect they'll be available sometime this winter! Joe
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Hello everyone! We are unpacking a huge order of our ProWrap thread which is just in. So to all our customers you will be getting your long awaited shipments of Regular Nylon, Color Fast and Metallic thread in the coming days. We hope this will satisfy demand until the next order arrives. I have been told over and over again that it is the best thread on the market today. Our bright colors,
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Hi All, We should have the place down here draped in black. Chase is gone and he will be sorely missed. His last day was Saturday at the open house. We fished Tampa Bay Sunday with Chase and friends to give him a proper send off. We enjoyed a beautiful day out on the water with lots of fish & laughter. We had the pleasure of having Chase on board for 7 years. He came in as a fresh fac
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American Tackle's Vipers. USA made with gorgeous texalium butts in electric blue and metallic silver. You also have our Emerald Green Gloss Matrix blanks with matching Vetre Handles and reel seats. Joe AT
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mike brune Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll never be able to choose from all of Am Taks > colors. Thats a lot of choices. > > Mike > Mikes Custom Fly Rods Hi Mike, A new simpler version of our color chart was just posted on our site @ This shows the 80 or so colors we will stock as of August 15th. This may expand or contract we s
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Hi Tim, What size knots are you using? : ) That must be one @#$%& of a knot. You will eventually see our new Medium Ring Lock Tops in 12 and 16 rings but for right now we have the mold manufacturer so busy he can't keep up. Look for them next year but anything below a size 10 tube will not be offered. We look at demand and frankly with the advent of braid these larger rings are in less and les
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Hi Rolly, We had to trim somewhere. We looked at sales for the last three years and the numbers were low and trending down on the black and blue. We sold twice as many TiCH/Blue guides except for the Turbo's which we shall continue to stock. If you really want them our distributors can special order them in any style you like. Joe
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Thanks for the enthusiasm! The larger sizes are long overdue. We're just figuring out if the exposed blank is possible without sacrificing comfort.
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Hi Mike I spec'd out the NITT tops to have TiCH so they all should have that finish now and in the past. We're looking at the end of August on the Holo Typhoons. We've got so much clogging the pipeline it is taking longer than usual to get our orders sorry for the delay. Joe
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Thanks Tim I hope everything is to your liking. We appreciate you giving us a try. You won't be disappointed. Steve we are still working on the tooling for the NIRLA's. It has been tough getting it right. Titanium doesn't like being bent like SS so it takes a lot of creativity. We should have them soon however. I'll check again and let everyone know. As for the Aero we were just discussin
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Hi All, Check out our new 40 page full color 2011 catalog now available in print and off our home page @ . Let us know what you think. You can order the new catalog right on line @ . What's new?? Our new Typhoon Casting/Spinning guides in a medium frame for saltwater and heavy fresh sz 8-40. The new Ring Lock tops in Lite and Medium 6-10 rings. The new Artus Ring Lock Micro guides and t
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Bil Gburek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All, > > Following questions all in context of building 9' > to 10' plugging rods for throwing 1 to 4 oz. > > Guides -- I'm a fan of AmTak titanium guides and > am wondering about the various double-foot size > 6's available. Is there a difference in ring > height between the NIV-
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The directions are right on our site. American Tackle Vetre Matrix Handle Instructions The Vetre handle is really very easy to attach to the blank. You don't mount anything to the blank accept the reel seat with the EVA front winding check in place. • Slide the fully assembled handle (minus the winding check but with the EVA butt plug in place), up on to the blank where you want it pos
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This is one of my hot buttons. What everyone should do is assume nothing. Tell your customer up front what to expect. There are many very experienced fishermen that don't know the rights and wrongs when using a fishing rod. We need to do a better job of educating them including me. They may act like they know what they're doing but most don't. You're the expert not them. Tell them exactly wha
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You might find something in fly. I saw a four pc fly converted to a 3pc spin. It worked great.
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Thomas Kaufmann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They look good Joe!! > > Tom Kaufmann Hi Tom, Where did you see them? The only rods they're on are Duckett's so unless you've seen the rod you haven't seen these guides yet. The pictures on our site are a mistake!! The new ones will be up next week. Sorry about that. Joe
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Just saw your post it is a Fuji. I didn't know Fuji had a titanium tube/frame. Do you have to buy it in Japan? I don't know if AR stocks it. Anyway I'd like to find a source on titanium tubing I know it is out there no one seems to either want to find it or can find it. You need special equipment to weld it. That is the only way we'll do it. I don't think welding a titanium frame to ss or bra
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Che, The light AT841-3 has a 6-12 line and 1/8-3/8 lure. It is a fast action 44 million modulus blank with a 4.5 tip and a .502 butt weighing 2.2 oz. Available in matte clear. It might be a little heavy for you. It has a mag taper so it is a bit on the heavy side of 3/8 lure. It may be a little underrated. Joe AT
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Jason Cosby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Joe, > > Is the TFST not the animal referred to, albeit in > larger rings? Hi Jason, I believe that is a Batson top? I'm not familiar with that. Joe
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Hi Bob, I'll leave the which one to the experts. All American Roller Acid Wrap Roller guides. Go here . If you go with a ring guide Seeker endorses American Tackle's Virtus guides in solid titanium alloy. No maintenance guide which is braid proof, having our exclusive Ring Lock frame virtually eliminating ring loss and a more stable Quad leg design. Go here: here: and here: The
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Hi Jason, What is a TSFT? That is not our model number. Joe
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I might add it was the most difficult mold to make to date. We almost gave up. It took a year to get it right. We use a very very strong ridged Titanium that doesn't like to be bent. It was our last try and we finally got it right. We have or had tooling to be built for 5 new series of guides or tops coming in May. The NIRLA's tooling will be built next month and will ship in June. Joe American T
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I alerted Karen she'll be in touch I'm sure.
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Hi Jason, That is the standard style top non-Ring Lock. The new top has the Ring Lock frame and the snaggless design. it is a completely new top not in stock yet. I have a few samples on my desk. I'll send some down to FL to get pics taken. As for titanium it makes little sense to us to build a titanium ring frame and tack it to a SS or brass pipe. The welds oxidize and eventually break. F
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I just got some. I'll send them to headquarters and they'll do some professional photos.
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I hope this is okay with Tom we have a distributor in Centennial CO I believe right off the beltway in So. Denver. He is strictly wholesale but you might ask him for a look around or a dealer in the area he sells to. Vince Coleman Alpine Tackle 15353 East Hinsdale Circle Unit E Centennial CO 80112 United States Phone: (303) 680-0661 (303) 680-0661 Fax: (303) 766-3305
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We in the US are getting so much spam on Russian brides etc any email with either word in it goes directly to my spam folder. Also I'm sure IP's are blocking certain URL's from Russia. We have a tough time sending email into Korea because our old host was tagged for spam.
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Hi Guys, We just finished up the tooling and shipped the Ring Lock 316ss 4mm micro top to Boyd Duckett. They will be in stock the last week in May. We will stock sizes 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5 and 6 in both DuraLite and NanoLite rings with chrome and Black chrome. We'll have NanoLite rings in TiCH and Hard Chrome (to match the Titans). There is talk of making a 6.5 and 7 but we are still debating it.
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Hi Sean, It only took the factory about 10 reminders. Maybe it is finally sinking in. Thanks for the reminder. I have to remind them again its been a few months. ; )
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Ahh yes I will never forget that show! What humble beginnings. Look at it today, it is amazing. I was expecting the foot traffic to be down with the economy the way it is. I was amazed at the volume of people. It was nonstop. I'm glad to be back. I always come out of the shows pumped. Thanks again Tom and all the attendees.
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