You just can't say "intermediate" without people thinking "average." That's okay, as long as average means, "a ten pound rainbow is about average for me." The thing is, when you fish with a Next IM rod, a ten pound rainbow may become just an average fish for you. After all, our mid-modulus rod makes a darn fine tool for targeting your average trophy. Not that long ago, mid modulus was the "hot stuff." All this made it difficult for us to figure out what to call Next IM, so we just consider Next IM blanks high performance, without the high price.
Color/Finish
North Fork blanks for the custom builder are all available in what we call "Raw Carbon." In other words, no added "color" at all, just the pure,
unadulterated beauty of graphite, sanded, but uncoated. We feel that this "non-finish" allows North Fork blanks
to perform unencumbered, and express themselves as best as possible.