You might recall that
my earlier post about Temple Fork's new Tactical Series rods dodged the question about graphite modulus. I explained then that TFO President Rick Pope was reluctant to discuss the details of graphite, because he wants anglers to judge TFO on a rod's actual performance, not some label.
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| Tom Jindra, left, with TFO rod designer Gary Loomis |
It turns out that designer Gary Loomis is not all that shy. Yes, he share's Pope's belief about emphasizing performance over labels. But he also knows that some folks just love the technical talk and tells me the new rods use T-800 graphite, the highest-modulus graphite that's available for rod construction.
Here's another interesting item:
Temple Fork spent a lot of time trying to find the best possible guides for Gary's new rods and kept coming up short. The solution was to design a TFO exclusive. The Tactical Series rods will use a super-hard chrome anodized insert in a chrome-anodized housing of stainless steel. Because the insert edges overlap the housing, there is no danger of the inserts ever popping out. Gary says these are the best guides ever, and they are available only from TFO.
