{"id":1528,"date":"2021-03-22T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:24:43","slug":"diy-ht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2021\/03\/22\/diy-ht\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY HT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quite a few readers would rather build their own Sexyloops HT. Particularly during lockdown! We can provide the Hot Torpedo blank, tube, decals, the cork grip, socks (or \u201crod pants\u201d as Ivica calls them!) and occasionally other components too \u2013 particularly if they are hard to get and we have them!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many years ago I built a Loomis IMX. I bought the blank from Steve Parton. You\u2019ve seen my flies? Say no more! \ud83d\ude00 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t list this option in our shop and it\u2019s all personal service only. But if you have the dream of building your own Hot Torpedo then please drop me an email on <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Mike\u2019s HT7, build in Switzerland. He wanted to try the HT first and so I put him in touch with Flavio. Flavio is also a home builder and has quite a few HTs! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/8005126A-DD77-4C21-8376-F9487EA47859.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/8005126A-DD77-4C21-8376-F9487EA47859.jpeg 761w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/8005126A-DD77-4C21-8376-F9487EA47859-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike writes, \u201cJust wanted to let you know that a Hot torpedo #7 is now in Zurich for testing. \ud83d\ude42 I fished it only once but it was a great pleasure to have the first self-made rod in my hand and it casts absolutely great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks great too! I actually have a few of these to post and I\u2019m now looking forward to seeing some trophy fish next \ud83d\ude42 If you have a home built HT of your own, that you would like to share, then please send me some photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a few readers would rather build their own Sexyloops HT. Particularly during lockdown! We can provide the Hot Torpedo blank, tube, decals, the cork grip, socks (or \u201crod pants\u201d as Ivica calls them!) and occasionally other components too \u2013 particularly if they are hard to get and we have them! Many years ago I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2021\/03\/22\/diy-ht\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DIY HT&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}