- Updated Rod Wrapper from RodBuilders Republic (Our European Office) ($300 value.)
- Your Choice of a Carbon Air (C6O2) Fly or Conventional Blank ($325 value)
- Your Choice of Fuji Torzite guides (spin/cast) or a set of ATLAS casting or spinning carbon fiber guides ($100 value)
- Thread
- Epoxy/Glue/Finish from Flex Coat
- XO Skeleton Grips (Spinning or Casting) or Soft Touch Fly if Fly Blank ($125 value)
This is a TWO DAY event. NFC will provide room/board for two nights (June 27th/28th) as a part of the Advanced Rod Building Seminar Package. It is the responsibility of the attendee to arrange flights to Portland, Oregon and a rental car to Woodland, WA (~30 miles away)
- Arrive to PDX/Factory June 27 – Dinner with Gary and Team/Hotel Check In (Best Western Woodland, WA) @ 7pm
- 8 am Breakfast on June 28, Seminar Day, (Lunch provided), Dinner with Gary and Team
- June 29th – Travel Day
- Learn the mechanics of blank design
- Learn how to (and make!) make their own blank (from cutting of the pattern to rolling, cellophaning, etc.)
- Learn how to make your own carbon fiber grips
- Information of where and how to purchase raw materials for various rod building items (buy from our suppliers)
- Learn about high volume finishing and assembly
- Learn to build finished rods the “Gary Loomis” way
- Learn how to move from a “custom rod builder” to a business or a brand from the most Gary Loomis and team.
- Unlimited Q&A for Gary Loomis and factory team.
- Meet with vendors and suppliers (Fuji/FlexCoat/Piscari/etc)
- Become an Approved NFC Rod Builder.
- What does becoming An Approved NFC Rod Builder mean?
- Wholesale/OEM Pricing For Blanks
- New Blank Development
- NFC Will advertise your business to retail customers
- Social Media Training