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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

The 905 (and likely 906) Next IM, two-piece fly blank(s) are getting really close to “go time.” After a couple of late nights of CCS-ing, deflecting, re-building, tip-swapping, and just plain old-fashioned wiggling, things are looking good. The catalog blanks will be picked from several excellent candidates after a final build-out and test-cast round. Published [...]

We have been working on getting what we call the “keystone” fly blank—the 905—locked in, and are probably a week away from it. We have the power dead-on, we just want to see a slightly faster action (CCS 66/67-ish) Once we have the pattern set, the other fly blanks in the catalog will come more [...]