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| Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS! |
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02-06-2007, 03:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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I'm down to 3 blanks
Any comments on the following blanks?
RS SU1087, RS SW1088, Lami GSB 1081M?
I'm leaning towards one of the Rainshadows for the $ difference. But I welcome all comments regardless. This is the first rod I am building thus all the questions.
Again throwing 1-3 ounces (probably more towards the upper end)
and eels 50/50.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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02-06-2007, 04:33 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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You would be maxing the 1087 out.
I would go with the RS SW1088 for the money it's a great blank.
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02-06-2007, 06:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Winthrop Ma
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I second the 1088. It's a sweet blank for the dough.
IMO the 1081m is too light for eel work unless they'll be toothpicks.
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02-06-2007, 07:14 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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1088
Capesams steered me to that particular blank, and he was dead on. It is my go-to stick and can handle the upper end with ease. (When he told me it was his go-to rod choice, I figured he knew what he was talking about...)
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02-06-2007, 07:53 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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I get so lost in su, sw, all star, all star made by batson etc. i don't trust anything I hear at this point. I've heard so many stories. Maybe Mike P can shed some light. It's most likely pretty simple but like everything else fishermen complicate it. basically I fish lami now.
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02-06-2007, 08:31 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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got a few 1088's love 'em. sabre and 2 allstars.
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02-07-2007, 06:59 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds48
i don't trust anything I hear at this point. I've heard so many stories. Maybe Mike P can shed some light.
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Trust the other mike, too 
If you're looking for one all purpose 9' blank, you can't do better than the SW 1088. The only thing I think I'd like better is a 10' Lami 120 1L with a foot chopped from the butt--but you'd have to accept not having a warranty on the blank.
As a general rule, the SW Rainshadows are a little more parabolic than the SU series. They're pretty close to the original Sabres--in fact, the 8'10" Made in USA versions were built in the same factory as the old Sabres, and probably on the same mandrels. The SU series is a little faster action. They're modeled after All Star blanks. People who've used both All Stars and SU Rainshadows seem to say that the Rainshadow has a softer feel to it, at least with respect to the 1209  |
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02-07-2007, 12:05 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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I'd go 1088.
I dont fish mine much (rather like the 1201M just to 9.8')
but it is light, fast and has some balls.
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