G.loomis bails on builders.....

[66KingFisher]

I don't know if any of you knew about this or not, but G.loomis announced recently that by the end of 2009 they would no longer sell blanks to custom rod builders. I haven't wrapped a rod in many years, but with the price of rods today, i'd been giving more thought to building my own using a namebrand quality blank such as G.loomis....guess if I want one I better get it soon huh?

Any of you guys do any rod building?.....I can't help but think something like this would be a shot in the foot for them.....maybe custom rods are just too much of a nitch market for them to care....what do ya'll think?