Ken Abrames flyrod question????

[SAXATILUS]

Swimmer, Doubt very highly he would part with just the blank, Pretty sure you would have to buy the finished rod. I believe there are only about a half dozen left. Worth every penny.

[Basser]

My understanding is this. The mandrels for those blanks are custom made and do not exist in any blank manufacturer's inventory. So it is not a stock blank. The color and layup is also custom and produced via a small lot special order to a blank manufacturer in lots of 100.

[steelhead]

Basser is correct on Ken's blanks. I know from the source....

Swimmer, don't bother with the Gold Whiting saddles. They are pure dry fly saddles. Very skinny and no webbing right down to the base of a hackle. South shore, Bear's Den and Saltwater Edge would probably still have some of Ken's saddles. Bear's Den also dyes their own as I recall.