Advanced Rod-building Seminar Taught by Gary Loomis & company.
As a part of the seminar you will receive:
- 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 (September 27th/28th or October 25th/26th) 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)
Attendees can expect to:
- Learn the basics of blank design
- Learn how to make their own blank (from cutting of the pattern to rolling, cellophaning, etc.)
- Learn how to make carbon fiber grips
- Learn about high volume finishing and assembly
- Learn to build finished rods the “Gary Loomis” way
- Unlimited Q&A for Gary Loomis and factory team.
- Meet with vendors and suppliers (Fuji/FlexCoat/Piscari/etc)
- Become an Approved NFC Rod Builder.
We can accommodate up to 35 people per seminar, so we are making two dates available to allow for flexibility. Sept 27th and 28th, and October 25th and 26th.