There may be better folks to learn to fly cast from, but I don’t know many.

Just killing a Sunday afternoon casting the new Trout Fly 905. It was great to meet Peter’s dad, Ken, who was in town.

Sometimes I find myself in situations where my brain really struggles to keep up. This was one of those times. The goal was to learn about frequency and its relevance to blank manufacturing. My teacher was the noted Emory Harry. This visit was a prelude to the main course, which is his work on measuring [...]

First we had the Tackle Tour Interview article.
Then came the Intinerent Angler Podcast.
Now, we have the story of how Gary got into rods on video.

Sometimes while I’m at my desk wolfing down my lunch, I’ll pull up a couple forums and see what the latest is. Today I happened to find some confusion that I’d like to clear up. A poster on a well known board was questioning the origin of the Z-Bone blanks. So, I grabbed my camera [...]

Jason has mentioned that he has more 2-piece fly blanks to test than I previously realized. If all of them work out, there will be a good pile of fly-specific stuff soon (including light trout, mid-weights and steelhead, with saltwater next on the list)! Jason mentioned that the current actions are focused more toward “classic [...]

Since 9 out of 10 questions at the Expo were about fly blanks, I thought I’d give the rest of you an update on where we are.
We have a 904, 905 and 906 in the first trial stage. That means that we have built the first round. The second step is for Gary and Jason [...]

We’re proud to be building blanks for Trey and any other rod maker that is interested in moving to blanks made in our little shop in Woodland, Washington, USA.
You can see a review here.
If you watch at the video, we don’t recommend yarding up on the middle of the blank with your off hand!

During the first week of December we met with a potential new European client, Imago Flyfishing, which is based Sweden. Imago’s owners John and Alex spent four-and-a-half days at North Fork, fishing, casting, testing, and of course, being entertained by Gary’s stories (everyone is entertained by Gary stories, trust us on that one).
We had a [...]

Gary has long been a proponent of educating anglers and builders alike on the issues surrounding rod breakage. What follows are a few of the bullet-points gleaned from Gary during a recent interview on breakage. That interview will be published as part of an upcoming article in Rodmaker magazine.
• A weak area/defect should show up within [...]

We had a friend of ours come up and shoot a little video of Gary on a number of topics. Some were decent on the first take. Others will require extensive editing. I suppose that is to be expected, our on-camera talent is a rod designer, not an actor! In this clip, Gary talks about [...]

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 [...]

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.

For those builders living “down under,” North Fork blanks are heading your way thanks to our distribution partner, Gary Howard, at Australian Rod Manufacturers. ARM will be carrying a variety of North Fork blanks, and will be working with us to create models specific to Australian species/conditions. You can contact ARM here:
Phone: (07) 3881 3550
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