Merry Christmas to all, and hope you all have a safe and prosperous new year

Hulkster wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:57 am

if it records how many farts are laid during fishing I'm not buying it.

20230111_053923.jpg No more updates? I thought this thread would be on fire :( Hopefully people that are receiving them aren't snowed in. I haven't had a chance to use mine for its intended purpose yet (inshore redfish and flounder), but have used it a few times in the neighbourhood pond and am rea...

Balance point with a Daiwa Alphas sv tw.

Finally got my Epitome in today. Didn't think to weigh it as is, but definitely felt light in hand. Blank was nice and straight and guides were perfectly aligned. Had a Daiwa Alphas sv tw ready to go on it, and balance point was only slightly behind what Drakestar showed in his pics, so tip heavy, b...

Providing nothing goes wrong while in transit, I'll finally have my Epitome Saturday. Got a shipping notification this morning. Ordered August 8, so will be just under 21 weeks since I ordered.

The Epitome arrived in one piece, kinda. The tube caps are different that any I have seen before. Pressed into the cardboard tube and really hard to get out. I had to use pliers to lever it out. The rod weighs 3.05oz on my scale. Incredibly light in weight but also very seems powerful in action. I ...

amso4 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:49 pm

Just got a FedEx message that a shipment is on its way from Composite Ventures. The Epitome on on its way.

Glad to see someone finally get some shipping info for it. When did you order yours? Hoping mine isn't far behind.

I'm surprised, they had gotten a lot better about communicating, but if they plan on holding off shipping until all 200 are ordered we've got a while to wait as they are 60 short of the mark. They've also pushed back the shutoff date for the pre-order multiple times lately. Was end of September at ...

Has anybody received shipping information on their pre-orders? I haven't, but did email them a couple days ago asking when they'd be shipping out as my wife and I just bought a new house so needed to know whether to change my shipping address or not (plus when I ordered it stated 3-5 weeks and has ...

This is the statement on the Epitome page "The fiber for these rods is received via allocation currently, so we are making 200 available for pre-order at $295. All pre-order rods will receive a signed certificate from Gary Loomis, please allow up to 8 weeks for delivery. We will make this offer...

Now I'm really confused! The text promoting these blanks says they sent TackleTour a rod built on one, and it links to Zander's review. That review said the finished rods will retail for $295. But the NFC web page offering the blanks for sale says the unfinished blanks will have a normal retail pri...

Is $295 the correct price? I saw icast had released a link to all announounced items so far and it has the new Epitome showing an msrp of $495.