Author: Paul Arden

Serial 6 is a Tornado 6 and serial 7 is a Tornado 7. Both go to the same customer (Jimmy) to match with his Tornado 8 (which wasn’t serial no.8!).

Stunning work as always from Andy.

serial 7 Tornado 7

Tornado 7

Tornado 6 serial 6

Shark tooth /Saw blade wraps

First prototype cap end sticker.

These HTs are built in sunny Texas. We have rods in stock. If not in stock then most US builds now ship within the week.

All rods come with a Zoom Cast with me, where we can cast/ drink beer/ chat fishing. And you also go into the Sexyloops 666 lucky draw with the chance of winning an all-expenses paid fly fishng pirates trip fishing with me.

Check out here for more rod information. Or email me on paul@sexyloops.com or WhatsApp +60198549552

I’m happy to answer any questions and we can do any custom work too.

Cheers, Paul

The first thing you are wondering is where are serial numbers 6&7?! Me too but my photo album is complete chaos. 🙂

This is the Instructor 6, custom built with a Full Wells. The gold/black is standard now for US models. You can request this in Europe. Or anywhere else. Or indeed anything you want!

The white rods are wonderful for teaching. I wouldn’t teach with anything else. We have 6&7 instructor rods as standard. I personally wouldn’t go lighter because the finish will affect the action. We have certainly made instructor 7&10s before.

immaculate finish here from Andy the Redneck — of course!! Also good for fly fishing in snowstorms, or so I inagine I’ve been told. This rod is off to Oregon… so Stealth Master David!

Andy and I are recording a Zoom call today, which we be available next week. So that’s something exciting to look forward to!

Please email me paul@sexyloops.com or whatsapp message me on +60198549552 to discuss your next rod! Cheers!!

For more information on this and our other rods please visit this page  or message me!!

Thanks, Paul

 

For me there is a small but significant shift in gearing between 6 and 7 weight rods. With 6 and below you will be frequently making very short line fishing casts and possibly all the time. Whereas with a 7 you are more likely to be fishing mid to long distance. There are exceptions of course and both rods need to cope well in all scenarios. But if most of your 7WT time is taking shots at bonefish, redfish and banging out streamers then that is a slightly different profile to versatile close to mid range dry fly/nymph fishing.

The HT6 came about because of my twenty seasons fishing in New Zealand. I’ve spend most of my life fishing with a 6WT line, not just there but it also used to be a go to line weight for Stillwater trout. So that was all very straightforward.

The 7 on the other hand has to be a little bit more powerful for me. It still has to bend into the handle, of course, but the gearing is slightly different. That difference for me is 7 WT and above vs 6 WT and below.

It’s of no surprise that Rickard can use the HT7 for 5WT distance competition as a backup replacement for the HT10. And with MED7 I expect to cast into the mid 140s under competition.

But really, where this rod excels I believe, is with shots. I ran with it for Snakehead for about a year, fishing the 7 instead of the 8. Just to see if I could blow it up! Its final testing, as I wrote earlier, was to put it through the MCI test.

For most of my SW fishing nowadays I’d fish the 7. I suspect when we become pirates then this is the rod that will get the most use.

Cerecoil Strippers on the US builds. We spent a lot of time talking to REC before making this decision. I do have them fitted to a 9WT prototype with me in Malaysia and have found them to be very hardy.

As always you can email me on paul@sexyloops.com or WhatsApp me +60198549552

Every rod comes with a Zoom casting meet and a 1 in 666 chance of flying the Jolly Roger with me for two weeks.

No.4 on Sexyloops has an interesting history. You might be bemused to discover lists on Sexyloops going 1,2,3,5. This is not an accident and goes back a considerably long way into our history.

You see back in 2002 I took the EFFF Masters test and as part of the warm-up I answered all their official questions on the Sexyloops website. Back then there was no fourth question to which I wrote there is “no question number 4, and this is surprising me too” And then promptly forgot about it.

However Tom Jindra, who was part of my MCI examination team in the USA later that year, clearly hadn’t and during that exam he asked me “On the EFFF Masters Exam what is question no.4” to which I said words to the same effect as “What the fuck are you talking about?”

Tom sadly is not with us now. He was a really top bloke. We fished together both at his home in New Orleans and in New Zealand. Something he was very proud of (apart from his  pasta sauce) was to ask me the only question in the MCI exam which I couldn’t answer :)))

So since then on Sexyloops there has been no no.4.

But then something else happened. When we launched the Hot Torpedo, about 12 years ago, I brought the first six HT rods to Malaysia to sell. No one would buy serial no4, because in Chinese the word for “four” is pronounced very similarly to the Chinese word for “death”.

(I’ve just checked with my wife and they both sound like “sei”. So there is some handy information for you).

And so consequently, I have all the serial no4 HT rods!! I’m about as superstitiious as a wooden post. Ie not all.

However I don’t have this one.  And it’s gone to Mike in North Carolina.  Enjoy, Mike! It’s a great number!!

Intersted in a Tornado of your own? Email me on paul@sexyloops.com or message me on WhatsApp +60198549552

More details on Tornado 10: https://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/item/546/ht-pro-9ft-10wt

Cheers, Paul

The 9’ #7 was originally made for the MCI Masters test. I know that sounds strange, but sometimes the truth is strange! Many people have said to me that this is the best Redfish rod ever made. (Ok they like it!). It’s certainly a lightish Saltwater rod and one I would certainly take as my go-to bonefish rod.

This one is for Redfish.

More details here: https://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/item/559/ht-pro-9ft-7wt

A question a normal person might ask is why is the second Tornado that Andy built an 8WT, that is now in stock, when there was a to-do builds list of ten other rods? This is an excellent question.

For some reason I thought one of our outstanding orders at the time was for an 8WT, when in fact it was for a 6WT! And while we have since build another 8WT, this was a custom-built Tornado 8 with Torzites and not the standard 8WT with Recoils that you see here now (and the equivalent of which I use for Snakehead Shots here in Malaysia).

Or maybe it was built for another reason? Maybe YOU want the second Sexyloops Tornado rod that Andy built? ALDOO02 Tornado 8. If so you know who to call!

Email: paul@sexyloops.com
WhatsApp +60198549552

 

More on the HT8: https://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/item/537/ht-pro-9ft-8wt

HT8 in action:

https://youtu.be/D3JyWuSlvx4?t=59

Andy the Redneck is the Sexyloops rod builder in Texas. He is a custom rod builder par excellence. The blanks are the same as the Hot Torpedo/Hot Tortuga. We just thought “Tornado” was more fitting for Texas/USA!

The first 25 4/5/6 rods will be fitted with a buckeye burl spacer as our “Launch Edition”. Every rod comes with a Zoom lesson from me. We can cover anything you like. And you also have a 1 in 666 chance of winning a 2 week fishing holiday living as a pirate. 

Drum roll. We will soon have finished rods in stock. Andy is full time so currently, even without the full range in stock (there is a Tornado 8 that can be shipped today), others are built and shipped within about 5-7 days.

There is nothing else like this on the market. The finest blanks that I spend ages (read: years!) getting just right, assembled by one of the world’s finest rod builders. Every rod is impeccable.

Email me on paul@sexyloops.com or WhatsApp me +60198549552 for more information or to order yours.

More info here: https://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/list/70/fly-rods

Morgan is a superb caster and CI. He must be an outstanding angler too because he’s on the Canadian team! We meet from time to time virtually so I can cast in the snow and Morgan can get his toes warm in the tropics.

The Instructor rod is perfect for summer teaching and stealth Canadian winter fishing.

This is the rod I use for all my teaching and video demonstrations. If you are a certified instructor we have a pro scheme. Drop me an email for details. Your students will love it!

Cheers, Paul

Another HT for “Catchemup” Vinny in Florida. Chasing Redfish and Snook I believe. Custom built to Vinny’s specs.

Full Wells and fighting butt. Most SW anglers prefer this on their SW fly rods.

And camo sock of course!!

First impression? Smooth

So there you go! If you are keen to discuss your HT requirements drop me an email on paul@sexyloops.com

Remember every rod gets a 1 in 666 chance of winning an all expenses paid SW trip on the SL yacht  as well as a free flycasting tips lesson!

Cheers, Paul

 

This reminds me of my first custom built rod which was a Loomis IMX handbuilt by Steve Parton in 1991. Stealth black throughout!

This is my current go-to HT. I fish a SA Bonefish 8 on mine.  I really liked casting the SA Infinity 8 that Peter brought over this summer and recently I’ve been playing with the Ballistic Saltwater 8 and a homebuilt monofilament flyline from Argentina!

This rod has been built with Torzite Titaniums throughout. Next time I rebuild mine, or cause it to accidentally explode, I will have it fitted with Torzites. For quick shots the shoot is better.

Remember, every rod comes with a Zoom lesson from me, as well as puts you in the 666 competition — where you have a one in 666 chance of winning an all-expenses paid, destination saltwater FFing trip where you will see what it’s like to live on beans and potatoes.

As always email me for more info or to order yours! More on the HT8 here

Cheers, Paul