lamiglas gsb 132-1 L

[numbskull]

I agree, it is a comfortable rod to fish and very versatile. You need to slow your casting effort down with it and let it do the work. Not the best tool for tough rocks or the canal, but certainly more than adequate on occasion, and a good choice for open beachs. Will handle large fish pretty well.
Rebuilding it with light guides (I use T-LCSG's on mine) will improve it a lot....when I originally built it cone of flight with standard sized guides I hated it.

[Saltheart]

Nice rod. If its trimmed as RR said it would probably be more like a 1321M than what you read about a 1L.

Anyway , nice rod. Be careful of the shipping charges. Sometimes they can be really high on a 1 piece long rod.

[Jimmy Fee]

Originally Posted by numbskull

I agree, it is a comfortable rod to fish and very versatile. You need to slow your casting effort down with it and let it do the work. Not the best tool for tough rocks or the canal, but certainly more than adequate on occasion, and a good choice for open beachs. Will handle large fish pretty well.
Rebuilding it with light guides (I use T-LCSG's on mine) will improve it a lot....when I originally built it cone of flight with standard sized guides I hated it.

Agreed. It is not a canal rod. I've hooked and landed 30-pound-plus fish on it in the ditch while the tide was moving, but there were times I thought I was going to be finishing up the fight with half a rod.

As I said, it's my main rod. I take it wetsuiting, along open beaches, rocky shorelines, just about anywhere but the canal, and I can't blame any lost fish on the rod's relative lightness. I straightened out a 1.5-Ounce Jetty caster on a fish with the rod in an effort to keep it out of the rocks, so it definitely has some guts to it.

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Fee

Agreed. It is not a canal rod. I've hooked and landed 30-pound-plus fish on it in the ditch while the tide was moving, but there were times I thought I was going to be finishing up the fight with half a rod.

As I said, it's my main rod. I take it wetsuiting, along open beaches, rocky shorelines, just about anywhere but the canal, and I can't blame any lost fish on the rod's relative lightness. I straightened out a 1.5-Ounce Jetty caster on a fish with the rod in an effort to keep it out of the rocks, so it definitely has some guts to it.

i guess i just got a little confused, you say its not strong enough for a canal rod yet you straightened out a Jetty caster and landed 30 pound fish in the canal with a moving tide?

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by iamskippy

i guess i just got a little confused, you say its not strong enough for a canal rod yet you straightened out a Jetty caster and landed 30 pound fish in the canal with a moving tide?

The rod can do it, but will bend deeper into the grip than you would want and you lose leverage/lifting power (and hence some control) as a result. It is not the blank most would want for a primary canal rod to haul fish back in against the current day after day. It is versatile enough that it can do it in a pinch, however.

[iamskippy]

So i went and looked at the rod tonight and it was in better shape then i thought so I picked it up. It appears that the tip needs to be replaced and a Rod seat needs to be put on, as there isnt one on it but the grip is still there. I know that different guides serve different purposes, this rod has 2 like the one pictured below, they are the first 2 starting from the handle. Its was my understanding these larger open eyes were better for casting Mono is this true or will they be ok for braid?

once again i want to thank everone for there input.

[numbskull]

Possibly trouble for braid. At high line speeds guide looping may occur.
Why not make it a winter project, learn how to wrap a rod, and rebuild it yourself? You'll end up happy.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Possibly trouble for braid. At high line speeds guide looping may occur.
Why not make it a winter project, learn how to wrap a rod, and rebuild it yourself? You'll end up happy.

I built on this blank with help from George using his guide layout but I used low riders for the first two guides and bmnag's for the rest...best rod that I ever owned, skipped the reel seat and it was the lightest most sensitive rod imaginable, threw everything I need to throw plugwise and was a great bucktailing stick...it's at the bottom of the sea right now thanks to a big wave but I'm diving today to try to retrieve it...anyway 1321L with George's low rider guide layout is a tremendous stick...

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Possibly trouble for braid. At high line speeds guide looping may occur.
Why not make it a winter project, learn how to wrap a rod, and rebuild it yourself? You'll end up happy.

I would love to learn how to do it, unfortunately i am the type of person that needs to be shown, not read and do,and being new here i didn't want to ask, but seeing as you brought it up, If anyone is willing to teach i am always willing to learn.!

[tysdad115]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Possibly trouble for braid. At high line speeds guide looping may occur.
Why not make it a winter project, learn how to wrap a rod, and rebuild it yourself? You'll end up happy.

Because he will just end up sniffing the glue and getting wasted!