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Post by jskowron on Dec 18, 2007 13:54:24 GMT -5
I'm looking to replace a 7' 3wt. that I broke last year. I'd rather build my own (lower cost + something to do this winter), but am amazed at the lack of 7' 3wt blanks. I'd like to stick with that length and wt, as I already have the rod tube and reel/line that I used with the broken rod (it was a cheap Korean made rod from Cabela's, but it still casted okay- though a little fast and stif- and matched nicely with my cheap Korean made car!).
In my search for a blank, I came across a Lamiglass fiberglass 6'6" 3wt. I occasionally use an old 8'6" 6wt fiberglass, and I do like the way it casts. Though it's heavy, it is a really cool red color (the family also has a blue and grey one in the same length/weight- they were my wife's and her two sisters when they were younger. Lucky for me I married the sister who liked red). Any thoughts on how fiberglass would be in short, light rod? I'd guess the slow action might be nice for a small stream and light tippets, but I'd only be guessing.
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Post by AgMD on Dec 18, 2007 18:34:28 GMT -5
Angler's Workshop has Lamiglass 7' 3 wt glass blanks www.anglersworkshop.com/items.aspx?catid=2236 I know next to nothing about fiber glass fly rods, but I have done business w/ Anglers Workshop for quite a few years and always found them great to do business w/. AgMD |
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Post by jskowron on Dec 19, 2007 8:53:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies guys. I originally saw the Lamiglass blank in the Angler's workshop catalog. I have also seen, but not cast, rods built on the tiger's eye blanks. I do like the look. Being frugal (what some would refer to as a "cheap yankee") I also like the cost of the tigers eye blanks. It will be an infrequently used, utilitarian rod that will spend most of the time in the trunk of the car, being pulled out mainly for those stops at the little brookie streams on the way home from work. I think the fiberglass appealed to me partly because I just finished re-reading Gierach's "Trout Bum" for the umpteenth time. In one of his chapters about bamboo rods, he mentions that they are becoming so fashionable, that the true "cranks" of the sport are using fiberglass. For whatever reason, being a crank has some appeal.
Thank and Happy Holidays,
Jeff
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Post by JoeOverlock on Dec 28, 2007 19:32:56 GMT -5
In my search for a blank, I came across a Lamiglass fiberglass 6'6" 3wt. I occasionally use an old 8'6" 6wt fiberglass, and I do like the way it casts. Though it's heavy, it is a really cool red color (the family also has a blue and grey one in the same length/weight- they were my wife's and her two sisters when they were younger. Lucky for me I married the sister who liked red). Any thoughts on how fiberglass would be in short, light rod? I'd guess the slow action might be nice for a small stream and light tippets, but I'd only be guessing. I know that EXACT rod you are talking about and I am in love with it! I saw it at ICAST this year and was trying to convince them to let me take it home. That rod has great action and is one of the softest rods I've ever held. I talked to the guy that designed it and he designed it with a bamboo rod in mind. If you like slow soft rods then you will love that rod. And if you do get it...... can I borrow it? ;D |
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Post by jlibs on Jan 2, 2008 17:19:28 GMT -5
JSKOWRON,
You'll really like that soft fiberglass. FlyManDan, FishinCane and I just wiggled the most amazing fiberglass rod ever this past Sunday. It was unbelievable. So many graphite rods, if not all of them, are so similar and lifeless. This was spectacular.
Since you're a spectacular "Crank", you'll be well suited for each other.
JLIBS
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