Rod Blanks - Where to buy?

[smallies24]

I used to make all of my own fishing rods but the distributor now requires a tax ID for a business after some folks misrepresented their product. Does anyone know of a distributor you can get blanks, guides, epoxy etc. through? St Croix blanks would be preferrable. I am primarily intersested in seconds but do ocassionally purchase a first. I live in North Mankato but visit the twin cities area often.

Thanks for any info,

Brian

[DinkADunk]

Retail stores? Cabela's sometimes have a few (I always check the bargin bin), and Thorne Brothers always has a decent selection with discounts on discontinued blanks. Other than that you have a miriad of choices on the Internet. Some that come to mind are Mudhole (they should have a bunch of discontinued St. Croix blanks listed soon), Jann's Netcraft, FishSticks4U, and the various sponsors of rod-building.org

[harvey lee]

HSOList can also have them at times.

[upnorth]

rod-building.org

check some of the vendors on the right hand side of the page. There are bunch of them. Great site for rod-building info too.

[18 inch Crappie]

Your SS# will work as your tax ID #

[upnorth]

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but the distributor now requires a tax ID for a business after some folks misrepresented their product. Does anyone know of a distributor you can get blanks, guides, epoxy etc. through? St Croix blanks would be preferrable. I am primarily intersested in seconds

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If it is the vendor I am thinking of, their supplier won't ship out the 2nds anymore, they burn them instead because of the mis-representation you are talking about.