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: [...]

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 [...]

North Fork has now conquered our last and most dubious obstacle in our quest to be “100% MADE IN THE USA!”
At 2:17 P.M. Friday March 12, 2010 Marsha—The West Coast Sales Representative of Spiral Binding—completed our order of 10,000 paper staples, all of which were made right here in the great U.S. of A!
Now we are 100% made in the [...]

1% For The Planet is an organization that recognizes companies’ contributions to our environment. Membership requires a company give 1% of their total sales to environmental groups based in the US or around the world.
We here at North Fork have decided to do our part to save the fish. 1% of our gross sales is given [...]

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 [...]

How’s that for a set of acronyms? Well, if you know what they mean, the you know what the chart is all about (if you don’t know yet, have a look here). North Fork’s itinerant graphic designer slaved for two days over hot pixels to get this thing into shape, and now it’s yours to [...]

The newest version of the NFC catalog (1.05) is now up. It fixes a few minor issues with some of the blank details and so forth. If you will be at the High Point show, we are planning on having a sheet that shows all shipping models, some of which are not in the catalog. [...]

The North Fork ARB (Approved Rod Builder) Program is already underway with three approved builders (so far). Those builders are now listed in The Registry on the main site, with each builder having his own page that opens when “Full Listing” is clicked. It is planned that a small set of photos of each ARB [...]