I hesitated to post this but I really think people need to know. I just came back from Sportsman's Warehouse in the Spokane Valley where I was (of course) looking at fly rods. To make a long story short, the Loomis GL2's I saw, looked terrible. The butt end of the cork handles was chipped and ragged on every rod I saw. And, excess glue was oozed out by the forward reel seat hood. I showed these flaws to the guy working in that department and he was accordingly appalled. I asked him if Sportsman's Warehouse was perhaps buying seconds from Loomis and he assured me that would never happen. The kicker was that when I left, he had put the rods back into the for sale rack.
I just thought folks ought to know.


Admin. Perhaps this post is better off in the Sound Off forum. Sorry I thought of it after I posted. My bad