Tornado 6 off to fish one of my favourite parts of the world. We are still fitting the introductory launch buckeye spacers. We have a few left to fit. I think they look stunning!
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This week one of our rod builds was delayed by 1 degrees. When Andy the Redneck/Perfectionist positioned the name decal it was 1 degrees off straight. Andy said no one else could possibly have noticed it but he could and he couldn’t handle it. It was causing him sleepless nights and me too, because I was getting many messages about it also. So off it came. Second one on and the same thing happened again! And so that one came off too! These decals we have printed for us are sticky-backed, not waterslides. I’ve ordered 7 new personal name decals for 3 rods. I hope that this will be enough!
We are looking at a sexy printer for waterslides and testing labels from this printer, which if successful will speed up this part of the process. And will also allow for minor alignment adjustments!
It turns out that Andy and I are the perfect fit! Nothing goes out that he is not completely enthralled by, and, as you know, it can take me ten years to finalise a blank in the first place! Between us it’s a miracle that we can produce any Sexyloops rods at all!
But this is what we want. We want to make the best rods possible so that you can beat them up! You’ve seen my rods; you know how hard I fish them!! Sexyloops rods should start out by looking absolutely stunning. And then decades later, look like they have been to Hell and back many times over. Perfect!
This Tornado 6 here shipped off to Pennsylvania. Talking of which I haven’t cast with the owner yet. So I must sort that out!! I meet all owners for a Zoom casting session where we can cover anything you/they want, chat fly fishing and put the world straight.
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The perfect Redfish/Bass/Snook rod for Florida! And probably trophy-sized fish of each. 🙂
Rickard wrote last week that this is his favourite HT. For me this would be a really nice bonefish rod. I use to say that “the 8 is a cannon with finesse”, well “the 7 is a rocket with finesse!”
Fast, yes, but with the right amount of give in the butt so that you don’t damage yourself and can find accuracy even with longer range shots.
When my wife and I become pirates (and you can join us), I suspect my HT7 will become a real goto number.
For Saltwater I really like fishing the SA Bonefish Amplitude Smooth in 6/7/8 wts on their respective rod numbers. It’s a true-to-weight line. This rod was designed using the SA MED7, which is also true-to-weight. And it will throw this line over 145’! (With practise)
In this part of the world, all the way from Florida across to Texas, the Tornado 7 really is a flagship model for us.
Stunning craftsmanship as always from Andy the Redneck. Hand crafted in Texas by a Redneck. Designed in a Malaysian jungle by a Yeti. There is more beard involved in the Tornado 7 than any other fly rod in today’s market.
Every rod comes with a Zoom cast and a 1 in 666 chance of winning a pirate fly fishing holiday (baggy shirts will be provided).
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This was our first blank finished, the HT6, the one that involved Divine Intervention, which came by a way of an unlikely subject, Stefan Siikavaara, who managed to blow up a prototype model in a Scottish Snowstorm. By strengthening up the entire third section we have the blank you feel today.
Over the next twelve months I put the prototypes through hundreds and hundreds of people’s hands. Entered them into competitions — I took mine to the World Championships, which arguably I might have won if it wasn’t for Stefan’s hand again; by putting super slick lubricant over Sakari and my flylines, making them so slick that we couldn’t haul them! But that’s another story!
9’ #6 really was a rod I knew well. It was my goto fishing rod class for 20 summers’ fishing in New Zealand. So I knew what I wanted. If I was a marketing guru then at this point I would say I got better than I wanted! Which we did of course 🙂
So thanks, Stefan!!
Usually we fit these as standard with a half wells cigar-shaped grip. But about 1 in 10 customers request full wells. Particularly for Imaginary Saltwater fly fishing. The fighting butt is handy for keeping sand out the reel. For me it doesn’t make a difference to performance but I know that for others it does matter.
Andy is very busy. I am too actually, which is why I’m quite a few rods behind here 😀
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Wonderful craftsmanship from Andy the Redneck. Minimalist on thread wraps and epoxy…
Cheers, Paul
Ok I can see I’ve already added Anand’s rod below. Here is one I haven’t added. 🙂
This is the Instructor 6 rod. It’s the one I use for Zoom teaching, the Sexyloops casting videos, and I’ve used it in Competition once or twice!
It was originally made for the SA MED6 but has been tested with very many different lines.
Beautiful work here from Andy.
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A special Tornado 5 for one of our regular customers. Anand has huge hands and so we have made perhaps the largest cork grip that is feasible to make! Also this rod has a removable extension butt, that we fit on special request. And alignment dots!
This rod was really built for fishing and accuracy. Several competitors used it at the WCs for 5WT Accuracy. But it’s not just an accuracy rod since it’s also the rod that Nick used to set the recent British 5WT distance record of 139’ 🙂
So arguably it’s just an all-round fantastic 5WT.
Remember every rod comes with a Zoom lesson and a 1 in 666 chance of becoming a pirate with me.
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Cheers, Paul
This blank took an incredibly long time to finalise. Many years in fact!! You would think that fitting inbetween the HT4 and HT6 would be relatively easy. It turned out not to be the case.
Knowing how important the 9’ 5-weight is for the US market meant that I had to be fully certain of this rod. The HT6 is really the flagship model, but in the US it is the HT5.
Here is a video I made about the rod a few years ago…
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Whitney is a good friend and one of the best distance casters I’ve seen. She is off to the Worlds in Italy this month. I hope she has a fantastic tournament!
Oversized fighting butt as special request and a feature that Andy and I will give a Podcast on soon.
Whitney and I have been working together on 5WT distance for about two and a half years. A wonderful double-handed Spey caster. And she also has a wonderfully smooth 170 stroke
The Tornado 10 is also a Comp 5WT as everyone now knows and understands well! It also doubles up for Permit and occasionally Tarpon too!!
For Imaginary Saltwater fishing it’s become difficult to find a true to weight 10WT line. I personally use the Infinity Salt. 9.5 for quick shots. If the fly is bigger then the 10.5. Originally it was designed with a RIO technical tarpon line with a 60’ head, that was true to weight and is now discontinued!
Many 5WT distance casters at the WCs choose this rod for Trout Distance. I particularly like it compared to other 10WTs because it’s quite comfortable at picking up a relative short length of line under control. I set the British record with mine some years back. Then Bart beat mine with his HT10. Nick has since beaten that one with the HT5!
Best of luck to Whitney, Rickard and Joel. 😎
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Cheers, Paul
I’m catching up here!! This is the one, the SL flagship rod where God came down and lent a hand. And we have spent the last 10 or 12 years trying to replicate it in other line weights.
Really, a 6WT has been my goto line weight for most of my life. Go-to particularly in NZ. But it’s also a good all-round trout weight, certainly if you are going to fish bigger flies. Quite frankly, nowadays my goto trout rod is a 4WT. The 6 is still what I would fish in NZ however.
It’s also the Instructor version that I cast every day, and on my original HT6 I mount a SA Bonefish line to in order to chase Gourami here in the jungle.
I’m not sure I’ll ever make a better rod. I’ll certainly never make a finer 6WT! And I have no need to.
For me I like the true to weight stuff. SA MED, Expert Trout and Bonefish are the floating lines that I use on this rod. I used to drop a line weight for competitions, before comp distance casters (myself included) started dropping 5 or more line weights!
But as a pure fishing 6WT I don’t think there is anything better. In fact, for me, I don’t think there ever will be. And I hope to live a very long life!!!
My HT6 is one of the original builds. Serial no4. I think Trev or Lee did some magic too at one point and I’ve certainly replaced the tip once.
Andy’s builds are exceptional. I must get one for myself! I haven’t seen anything like it.
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Cheers, Paul
Wow. This is a nice looking rod! Custom grip and removable fighting butt. A beautiful Tornado 5 off to one of our regulars. I can’t wait to see the photos of the fish this rod catches!
This 5WT blank took me an extraordinary amount of time, as you may remember. This one actually took me over ten years! The only thing that happens quickly in my world is the Snakehead Shot.
If you want an Andy-build we can ship outside of USA too. Just let me know. The shipping is included in the price for US deliveries (the Tornado is built in Texas). And for shipping EU builds the price is included too. However for shipping a US build abroad there is an extra $100 fee because couriers charge more!
Drop me an email on paul@sexyloops.com or WhatsApp me on +60198549552 and we can discuss.
Remember every rod comes with a Zoom Cast meeting with me where we can cast together and discuss fishing. And a chance of winning a pirate fly fishing holiday. Eye patches will be provided.
Cheers, Paul
