Pro Angler Scott Martin talks about a rod built on our blank by one of our OEMs.
http://tackletour.com/reviewbassathon2009rodspg3.html

I’ll admit that when it was 38 degrees and raining sideways, it was tough to get out of the tent and on the water. We’re pretty glad we did. I’ll try and post a more detailed rod testing report later, but I think it’s safe to say that we are happy with our ST 961. [...]

We have word that some builders have already completed their ARB sample rods. Great news! We even have pix of one that has us truly excited to see more. Look for some rod-builder eye candy here later today…
(Update: We received some quick pix from Bill at Salty Dawg Custom Rods. This is the rod he’s [...]

Now that North Fork blanks have been on the market long enough to have had some builds and some fishing, we are starting to get feedback from end-users. North Fork likes feedback, whether it’s good, bad, or indifferent. We like it because it helps our blanks get better faster—much faster. We’ve already gotten some useful [...]

If you are interested in a story about the history of Gary Loomis, you might check out this article:
A History by Terry Battisti

For you steelhead anglers, yesterday was a pretty cool benchmark for us here at NFC. Gary and renowned salmon and steelhead guide Herb Good got together to test some steelhead and salmon rods. By the end of next week, we should have three new steelhead blanks in the hands of our distributors, the St 960, [...]

Scott Gimbert of Mudhole went fishing the other day with one of our blanks.  In the interest of full disclosure, Scott is one of our distributors, but here is what he had to say:
Well it’s been about 7 weeks since receiving our first shipment of blanks from North Fork Composite (NFC). I had the opportunity [...]

Announcing the Gary Loomis/NFC Approved Rod Builder program.
http://northforkcomposites.com/arb.html
Update: The PDF-based program application form is now available on the main NFC site. If you want to save a click, you can download the form directly from here.

Just a little adjunct to Jon’s quick post below. For all of you who love to tinker (that’s everyone, right?), here’s some more fun…
From Sexyloops: http://www.sexyloops.com/eric/moi.php

http://www.latestcatch.com/?q=node/229
This article pretty much sums up why comparing raw blank weights is not much help.

Once builders and casters started using the CCS and began looking at ERN values for heavy-duty rods (Mag Bass comes to mind immediately), they realized that some rods were “off the chart.” While Dr. Bill did indeed create values to deal with rods up to ERN200, the steps between numbers required calculation (not like that [...]