Sunday, July 20, 2014

LOOP Custom Builds for sale


Ready to build.
Loop Cross S1 Flatsman 890 MC/MF, and 1090 MC/MF both are 4piece blanks
Carbon Fiber Grip
Black Pearl Recoil Guides
American Tackle reel seat with Carbon Fiber insert

Your choice $750.00


Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Back in Glass

Built a 5wt on a Jade colored Blue Halo blank earlier this year for a client.


He is enjoying fishing the new glass rod so much that I was asked to build a duplicate on a Cranberry colored Blue Halo blank for him.
First step was to wrap the handle in carbon fiber.


After applying finish to it and then sanding down, two more coats of finish were applied to give it shine and protection. Then the Black Pearl recoil stripping guide and the snake guides were wrapped in black thread,


Here is the finished rod.



And a look at the two of them together.



Sunday, July 13, 2014

TRES LOOPS

Just finished building these three for LOOP USA. They will be going to Baja for Bull Dorado and Roosterfish.
All three built on Loop Cross S1 Flatsman blanks.
Custom carbon fiber grips with American tackle reel seat with carbon insert.
Guides are Recoil Black Pearl stripping and Pac Bay heavy duty black snake guides and tip top.
All were wrapped in Purple Pro Wrap thread from Mudhole tackle.

If anyone is interested in a custom build I have two Loop Cross S1 Flatsman blank available. One in 8wt and the other is a 10wt.





Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Rods for sale

I have two LOOP blanks that are ready to build on.
If you are interested contact me at yakntx@yahoo.com and we can discuss the options and pricing.
 
Blank Inventory:
 
LOOP Cross S1 1090-4  (10wt) 4pc
 
LOOP Cross S1 890-4 (8wt) 4pc
 
 

 
 

LOOP Builds continue

Building a trio of Cross S1 10wt rods for Loop.
All three will have carbon fiber grips, reel seat with carbon fiber insert, Black Pearl Recoil guides and wrapped in purple thread.
When done they will be used on a trip to chase some Roosterfish.


While waiting on some components to come in I started on the rod by gluing up the reel seat, grip, and fighting butt to the first one.

 
 
When finished they should look similar to this one that I finished earlier.
 


Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Diablo Paddlesports build

Built this for a friend who owns Diablo Paddlesports.
Built on a LOOP 590-4 Cross S1 blank and completely blacked out. Used Black Pro Wrap thread, Black reel seat with carbon fiber insert to match the custom carbon fiber grip that has a Diablo inlay on it. Really like the way it turned out.







Monday, June 9, 2014

LOOP Cross S1 Flatsman 1090-4

Finished building this tonight and snapped a few pictures.
Built for my friends at Loop and headed to Idaho is a 10wt Cross S1 Flatsman. Grip is a full wells wrapped in carbon fiber and Loop logos added before sealing. Guides are Recoil black pearl stripping and Snake brand the rest of the way. American Tackle reel seat with carbon fiber insert to match the grip. Guides are wrapped in Pro Wrap thread and purple is the primary color.