We’re proud to share that a pro using our blanks is leading the US Open Bass tournament at Lake Meade.  Bink Desaro is on top of the board with one day left to go. Bink’s weapons of choice are built by Fetha Styx on North Fork blanks.
We’re rooting for you Bink! Good luck tomorrow!
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Quick note: The latest blanks stats as of May 21, 2010 have been posted on the NFC Available Blank Stats page in the right-hand side-bar. Fly blank stats are not yet included, but can be seen in the previous post.

You were wondering what the first fly blanks are like? Here you go…
Classic Trout Fly (CTF)
CTF 803-2: ERN3.9/AA62. 1.05oz; Tip dia: .05; Butt dia: .288
CTF 864-2: ERN4.5/AA62. 1.3oz; Tip dia: .058; Butt dia: .316
CTF 905-2: ERN5.7/AA62. 1.60z; Tip dia: .058; Butt dia: .365
CTF 906-2: ERN6.5/AA62. 1.65oz; Tip dia: .058; Butt dia .370
Trout Fly (TF)
TF 967-2: [...]

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.

We’ve revised our blank statistics page significantly, and now offer a downloadable PDF file that contains the available blanks, along with key blank stats (including CCS values). We’ll be updating the PDF as new blanks become available or are revised. If you want to see what’s available (new fly-blank stats will be in there shortly!), [...]

The latest “Salmon & Steelhead Journal” came in with a review of herring rods.
Take a look at how North Fork fared…

We are currently accepting applications for new distributors. We are particularly interested in distributors that cover Canada, US, South America and Western Europe. If you are interested, drop us a note.
Jon
info@northforkcomposites.com

Looks like we are “go” on the first NFC fly blanks! We have what we are calling “Classic Trout Fly” (CTF) in 864, 905, 906, and SSF (Salmon & Steelhead Fly) in 967 and 968. We are also currently building and testing CTF 802, 803, 804 and 904 designs, as well as SSF 966 and [...]

It’s always good to see our rods being used and putting smiles on folks faces. Here is a few words from our Australian distributor about some FW 702s he has been testing. I think I may need to take a trip to Australia!
Hi Jon
Thought you might like to see what sort of fish we catch [...]

We hear that some folks would like some instructions on how to put on our transfer decals. Here you go!

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 [...]

Apparently, there is a bit of confusion out there about the Approved Rod Builder program. A few people may be thinking that only North Fork ARB builders will be able to get North Fork blanks. Not at all true! We’re always pleased when anyone chooses to build on a North Fork blank—amateur, pro, hobbiest, ARB [...]