Built to the unrelenting specifications of professional fishing guides, the IMX-PRO series is comprised of purpose driven designs to meet the performance demands of modern freshwater fishing. Striking the ultimate balance of handsome appointments, positive feel, and unflinching durability, IMX-PRO is a game-changing addition to the serious anglerβs quiver.
- Chrome single-foot guides
- Chrome stripper guides (3 total)
- Cloud composite "Magnum Grip"
- Custom aluminum up-locking reel seat
- Tube and cloth rod bag
- Handcrafted in Woodland, Washington
- Hook keeper (Line #: 4-6)
- Micro full wells premium grade cork grip (Line #: 4-6)
- Full wells premium grade cork grip (Line #: 7-8)
- Custom aluminum reel seat with wood insert (Models: 490-4 & 590-4)
- Custom aluminum reel seat with fighting butt (Models: 5100-4 and up)
TECHNOLOGY
CHROME STRIPPER + CHROME SINGLE-FOOT
Pondering innovative ways to reduce rod weight, Loomis' Chief Designer, Steve Rajeff, conceptualized a viable option. In 1994, after a few hours of tinkering in their machine shop, the worldβs first single-foot guide was born. The weight equivalent of removing two full snake guides from the blank, this guide system is proven to be equally durable. Wondering if they reduce line speed? Steveβs won fourteen world championships using single-foot guides on his competition rods result is a catalog of precisely defined actions that strike a perfect balance between durability and performance descriptions throughout the catalog.
CONDUIT CORE
Traditionally, as the blank diameter increases, so does the total amount of material used. This was the only way of ensuring strength/durability in the bottom half of the rod. Conduit Core technology removes excess wraps of graphite and replaces them with a proprietary material thatβs of equal strength, but dramatically lighter in weight. Casters exert less energy to move the rod, increasing the efficiency of total energy required to manipulate the line when casting, mending, and animating flies.
MULTI-TAPER DESIGN
Since 1982, Loomis have pushed the boundaries of manufacturing technology, materials innovation, and product design. Thatβs why G. Loomis fly rods deliver superior performance, heightening angler experience and effectiveness on the water.
While there are countless examples of this philosophy in action, one technology in particular encapsulates their drive to build the most advanced rods in the world:
Multi-Taper Design is best described as a series of βmicro-tapersβ within the overall taper of the rod. This unique, proprietary process allows us to use more material on potential break points and less material everywhere else. To accomplish this, Loomis manufactured a custom rolling table...and itβs the only one in existence today. The result is a catalog of precisely defined actions that strike a perfect balance between durability and performance.