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Blog entry Too many rods? Oct 31. 2003 How many rods does one guy need?	Blog entry New Rods Aug 27. 2003 Some upcoming reviews	Article Great rod gizmo! Apr 25. 2003 Clunk! The Magnetic Rod Guard from Tight Line Enterprises will solve more than the problem of keeping your rod out of harms way while you finish up by your car. A neat and simple product to solve a very common problem. Read Martin Joergensen's review here.
Article Choice pike fishing tool Jan 8. 2003 Esox fishing The Sirrus COMATRIX 9 wt. is in many ways the perfect pike fishing tool - able to lift and cast large and heavy flies, and with one serious butt section. Dutch Henk Verhaar test fished it in his favorite pike waters and was very pleased. Read his review here.	Article Lamar Reel Seats Dec 12. 2002 Rod Building Andy Dear hits a home run with his custom reel seat spacers and complete reel seats. It's a rare thing for a product to get a "Global Class" GFF rating, but Andy's woodworking skills earn him that high honor easily. Click here to see Andy's work	Article The Making of a Prize Rod Dec 6. 2002 Rod Building The grand prize for the Flymeister 2001 contest was a custom built fly rod made by Neal Hall, owner of Classic Destiny rods and president of the Custom Rod Builder's Guild. Click here to see how the rod was designed and built.
Article Rainshadow Xcel Nov 10. 2002 Rod Not only do all the major rod companies sell their blanks, there are several companies that produce and sell only blanks. Where to begin? Rainshadow might be one choice. Great, afordable blanks. Read Bob Petti's review of RXF905	Article Tough rod! Nov 10. 2002 For biggies You do not get to fish a 12 weight one hand rod every day. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has had the pleasure of field testing a Sirrus 12 wt - an impressing rod at a very good price. Read the test and see the pictures here	Article Lamiglass Ti2000 Oct 30. 2002 Rod A rod with a titanium section built in! Strange maybe, but the reviewer's verdict is clear: "All I know is that it's better than most other rods I have fished with." Read the review here.
Article DIY Rod Tubes Oct 10. 2002 Economic You have one extra rod with no sock and rod tube. You've been putting off buying a tube...why don't you just make your own?! With $4.00 and about a 1/2 hour's time, you'll have a DIY rod tube. These won't win beauty contests, but they work just as well as any retail version. Read here how to DIY.	Article Sirrus Co-Matrix Oct 7. 2002 Rod "While the mention of modulus does continue to pop up from time to time in advertising, most anglers, and indeed most rod and blank manufacturers, have gotten over their numbers fetish.". Read Bob Petti's review of the excellent and interesting Sirrus Co-Matrix 9' 2pc 6wt.	Article Lamiglas Perigee May 1. 2002 Review In the world of fly fishing in the 21st Century, Lamiglas is making some of the best blanks available to anyone, anywhere, for any price. In this review by GFF Partner Bob Petti we look at the Perigee blank, which is only available to custom rod builders. He concludes: "People like rods made from Perigee blanks simply because they make excellent fishing rods." Read Bob's Review.
Article Harry Boyd Jan 1. 2002 Bamboo GFF's own bamboo rod expert and maker of these beautiful rods. Best known for his extremely popular series on making your own bamboo rods. Read more about Harry here	Article St. Croix Legend Ultra Jan 1. 2002 Reviewed St. Croix has long been known for superior spin-fishing rods... until know. Read the review here.	Article Supreme finish Jan 1. 2001 Varnish "In many ways, it was a rod builder's dream finish." Bob Petti writes about Trondak U-40 Duragloss LS Supreme and hands out one of the rare Global Class scores of 6 in his review. He also looks at Trondak's U-40 Rod Bond, which 'only' scores a 5. Read Bob's review.

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