lamiglas gsb 132-1 L

[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...

[castmasterflash]

Originally Posted by scottw

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...

I wrapped a 132 1L last year with low riders guides, tried a bunch of different layouts and ended up putting the stripper guide at 46" because of hte reel i was using. It casted very far but kind of took away from the feel i was looking for when fighting a fish or working a pencil.

Mind sharing the spacing layout George used on your rod??

[scottw]

Originally Posted by castmasterflash

I wrapped a 132 1L last year with low riders guides, tried a bunch of different layouts and ended up putting the stripper guide at 46" because of hte reel i was using. It casted very far but kind of took away from the feel i was looking for when fighting a fish or working a pencil.

Mind sharing the spacing layout George used on your rod??

I can....or George might...he might have some new info... and I don't know if this helps Skip but I didn't use any thread building the rod, the guides were attached entirely using adhesive backed shrink tube...it was an easy fast build, incredibly durable, I swim with that rod on every trip(around 100) and it handled fish to 42lbs without any problem and I really beat the crap out of it...I checked the guides regularly for issues and cracking of the flex coat as this was experimental and it held up perfectly...I guess I'm just saying that it was a very effective and fast way to build a durable rod without having to learn thread wrapping

[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!

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by tysdad115

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

couple times down the Ditch with me and you know me already. lol