Simba

[Laxdale]

Does anyone know where this guy sources his blanks from?

https://simbarods.com/

[arawa]

Sent you a pm.

[Sean Freeman]

Sandy Nelson does some excellent rods in both carbon and glass at a similar price point. Worth having a look if you're shopping around.

[Laxdale]

I am a Guideline man, and can get all I need from them.
I was interested in where the guy sourced his blanks as there were no indications he rolled his own. I suspect he uses Mick Bell`s Bloke blanks as he also sells Mick`s reels.
If he does use Bloke blanks, he is not why with his mark up!

[Wildfisher]

Sandy Nelson is a total arse. Just in my humble opinion of course.  But he  builds decent enough rods, always out of commercial blanks.  He's not so much a rods maker, more an assembler, but he makes a neat job.  My guess is his glass rods are built on blanks that come from NZ.

[Wildfisher]

Is simba not a character from the lion king?  It's been a while since my kids were small, but it seems to ring a bell.  :lol:

[arawa]

Is simba not a character from the lion king?  It's been a while since my kids were small, but it seems to ring a bell.  :lol:

In this case, Simon Barnes = Simba. He used to be the board master during my week at Scourie. My friend has one of his Wee Loch rods.

[Sean Freeman]

Sandy is building on his own tapers rolled for him by Mike McFarland now, Mike knows how to design an awesome taper so I expect they'll be a very nice series of rods! He still builds on Epic blanks but they're no longer NZ made so I no longer buy them. He does build on Sage, Stickman and even a few David Norwich blanks that are very nice! He's always been sound with me and gave me some very good info on the Don.

[Wildfisher]

I saw a few of Sandy's rods built of Sage and Norwich blanks years ago. They were fine. He's certainly a decent enough assembler.