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In reply to Post #26
The tremors and the x series were the work of simeon bond from free spirit the later tsi model was the one he had no input in as he had decided to concentrate on free spirit only by this time I know this to be true as I contacted simeon himself to confirm given all the conflicting information on line the tremors were made out of 40 t carbon and the x series were 36 t carbon simeons reply below ⤵️⤵️⤵️
Reply from Simeon below.
Best wishes
Shaun Harrison
I developed the Tremor and the X Series but not the Tsi. That was after I had decided to concentrate only on FS. The Tremor was made in Korea and is a 40t carbon although not same as any FS rods - I wanted to keep the two ranges distinct and separate. The XSeries is 36t and was made in China. I cannot say whether the TSi series was made in the same factory as XSeries - I suspect it was and was certainly Chinese made.
Hope that helps
Simeon
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In reply to Post #15
Fishtec (inc TFG) was the retail arm of Airflo ; a fly fishing line and tackle manufacturer.
Airflo has been bought out by an American company and as I understand it, will be concentrating on its fly line business.
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Sorry Daveyyyyyyyyyyy...
The tremors were 40 t carbon the x series were 36t the tremors were made in Korea and the x series China ....neither were built on actual fs blanks though I have this on good authority after asking simeon himself given all the diff conflicting info online I messaged him and he got back to me explaining everything about the rods I personally own a set of tremors in 3.5 and I wouldn't sell them for the world l they are mega rods and high modules' carbon given they are 40t
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In reply to Post #6
Hey NGT isn’t as poor as TFG
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In reply to Post #25
The Tremors came after the x series I believe
And by that point the FS link had been long debunked re the x series. However. I seem to remember the Tremors were sold.as a higher spec rod.
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In reply to Post #24
I had some of them and thought they were terrible
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In reply to Post #19
TFG TREMOR!!! Fantastic rods, legend had it they were on a f.s blank. Who knows, a lovely rod whatever. The rest of their gear was dog pooh tbf. Thank for no memories TFG!!!
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I had the tfg x series about 15 years back. and also the freespirit xs
for what it's worth not the same blank, look different and feel very different too. at the time I drilled into that info and
found that Simeon stated that they were definitely not the same blank.
great nice-looking rods for the money. if you waited around for deals Fishtec were mega. I got two xseries for 99 quid and a year later the third rod for 30 odd quid.
Same with my Biomaster 8000xta. with 25 quid off deals and 25% extra off etc . i was picking them up for less than 50 quid a reel.
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In reply to Post #20
There were a few X rods, original x, x2, x3, and maybe others.
Is there any definitive way to know which are free spirit blanks.
I have the X with the "braid friendly" ceramic tip eye that i believe to be a free spirit blank.
Its marked up as 2.75 but its like a fast actioned 3.5lb rod but very slim.
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In reply to Post #20
I had three of the original whisper carp rods on 2.75lb
Good rods for the money
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In reply to Post #19
Yes the x series. 
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In reply to Post #17
Was it the rods with the Freespirit type white lettering that were made by them?
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In reply to Post #17
Yes I belive he was looking at companies house
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Done a great line in rods a few back. Free spirit blanks, I have a set. Think Simeon bond who owns Free spirit had an interest in TFG. Fishtec was I think the online store they sold them through and a few selected outlets. Every magazine you used to pick up at one point had a Fishtec brochure. Wasnt Matt Hayes involved at one point aswell?
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maybe this is why angling direct were knocking the fish spy for 59.99
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If you look up Fishtec which was closing down it comes up with the same message. They must of been connected
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My rods will become collectors items 
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In reply to Post #1
Been on the cards a fair while
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In reply to Post #1
Laney left them a while ago
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Never would have bought any of their knock off junk anyway. One less tat peddler is no loss.
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Hi All
Isn't that James's Russell's private number
He's a naughty little puppy, and also somewhat of a c@nt
Best
Jon
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In reply to Post #1
I seem to remember reading that they were no longer selling directly to the public, but not heard anything about total closure though.
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In reply to Post #6
Maybe the work of a disgruntled employee?
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In reply to Post #1
did a good clone of the fox easy mat
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In reply to Post #3
Would be an awful april fools for the poor sods who will have to man the phones and repeat themselves over and over that it was a joke. Would be a crap PR stunt if it is the case.
No loss anyway, TFG was nothing more than an upmarket NGT in recent years.
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In reply to Post #1
Proof that selling out and peddling cheap sh*t doesn’t pay off in the long run.
The early gear was half decent but it got worse and worse and cheaper and cheaper.
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In reply to Post #3
would be the worse marketing stunt in history if true
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April fools? 
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In reply to Post #1
Any idea why Scott?
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https://www.totalfishinggear.co.uk
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