moment of silence

[Tagger]

Whats the best fiberglass eel blank ? I've seen Redlite and Max getting knocked off the boulders by the surf .. One night Redlite had the surf push his face into a boulder and Max completely lost his rod and reel in the surf until the next morning .. No hype .. I'm not going to compare thier fishing experience to mine . A $35 ferry ride oneway .$40 worth of eels ... walk a few miles ,, then start swimming ,,and crank cows. Would really suc to have the blank blow up 1st cast ... I'd think durabilty would be #1 .. This is an awful lot to ask of any blank .. I watched them 30 minutes and saw both of them get thrown like bubble weed 10 times easy .. you guys should be test pilots.. Lamiglas !!!!!!! If your listening .... Put these guys on your pro team and give them free blanks ..

[NIB]

I have a 542 and a sb 120 3m.
I never use em they are so far down in the lineup they never get any at bats.
God Bless them youngins.
They no not of Fear..
I say give em whatever they need..

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Karl F

SNAP





skittah... meybe steve didn't get a free one

Karl, go F()ck yourself, sincerely, Steve

[redlite]

NIB, backup is lami 1201m also built by cms. in my opinion it does't have the backbone to stop fish like the arra. also it feels uncomfortably "bouncy" when fightin fish

[hyefisherman2]

another broken ron arra?

[jim sylvester]

2 important questions in this matter

1. did you have a backup in the vehicle...or was the trip a bust?

2. were you into fish?

sorry to hear about the loss...sounds like betty treated you well....especially in the past month or so

[OLD GOAT]

Redlight Was your rod spin or conventional?

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by redlite

I ask that ya'll take a moment of silence to honor my fish killing weapon as it has died. my arra 1205 exploded casting a 3 ounce ronz tonite. not happy bout it. gonna be a battle with any type of warranty as I bought the blank at m&d's but cms built it for me last oct. gonna miss her. have spent more timefondling her than I have my wife. rip betty.

Schools of large mamas are now able to slip past your UDL's without hindrance and delight in the opportunity by smashing large bait 25 feet from shore.

[hyefisherman2]

mike, i dont think the 126-1mh could break! also never heard of one breaking.

[vanstaal]

After walking all the way to the end of Cuddy Island last year and fishing for 20 min mine snapped in the middle of a cast received credit for the blank was a longggggggggg walk back to the club house

[Pt.JudeJoe]

I built a 1205 for myself and it's the best rod I ever had.I've thrown big pogy chunks with a 3 oz egg and a 1 1/2 oz Butterfish lure with it and it works very well. Sometimes if you stumble and the rod hits a rock it will get nicked and then later on when it is stressed with a fish it can break, and you don't even remember hitting anything with it earlier. Anyways I like mine .

[SAUERKRAUT]

My standard Lamiglas 1321L and 1M graphite blanks can no longer compete with the technical advancements I see in friend Numbskull's rods and blanks. But I have never broken one of these; I still have the first of these I ever bought. They have been stripped down and rewrapped three or four times. I use these blanks spinning and conventional. Finally, the nuance differencees of the rod all disappear under the strain of a 30 pound bass; or, in the case of Numby, when his plug is hung up on another lobster pot in the middle of the night.

[NIB]

Maybe blanks are like cars.Ones built on Monday and Friday are NG..My 1322 looks like Jerry Cheevers mask.Lots of good times like a old friend.I guess it's like crapshoot to see if you get a good one.Could never pull the trigger on the 1205 to fast for me.If I lived at the ditch I might use it on lighter nights.I just like the slower action of the 1322.I always wanted to build a 10'er out of one cutting it in the butt.Then I think it would be very close to my 120 1M..And I don't do it.

[NIB]

Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT

My standard Lamiglas 1321L and 1M graphite blanks can no longer compete with the technical advancements I see in friend Numbskull's rods and blanks. But I have never broken one of these; I still have the first of these I ever bought. They have been stripped down and rewrapped three or four times. I use these blanks spinning and conventional. Finally, the nuance differencees of the rod all disappear under the strain of a 30 pound bass; or, in the case of Numby, when his plug is hung up on another lobster pot in the middle of the night.

This is ballbustin major going on here..
It is so good to see.

[Ron A]

redlite and hardbait, Sorry to hear of your misfortune and thanks everybody for there honest opinions and input. Without your input we could not develop the product we are noted for since 1952 and the Lamiglas XRA series for nearly two decades. We will never give up striving to make the best product we can, building fishing rods with the finest materials available, constructed to exacting standards. Our expectations of every rod are as high as those fishermen who fish with them. With some common sense and careful handling, your rod will last as long as you want it to. Some tips that will help> stay within the line rating, stay within the lure rating, proper angle when playing a fish, transporting your rod, proper storage, clean the blank after fishing, clean guides and reel seat. I am happy to see most of you continue to enjoy the excellent performance they have given you. I will repeat it again, Lamiglas and I will keep working hard developing a top notch product, so you can continue to fish with confidence.

[redlite]

well update......gots a problem. I ended up buyin the blank at M&D's cuse it was gonna be a while bfor cms could get them, so now I have to go back to M&D's to try and get the blank replaced.....then pay cms to rewrap......the aggravating price to pay for impatience......after all the years of dreamin about havin one and then savin the pennies to go through this..........will update on outcome.

[Ron A]

redlite, I may have a solution for you....I can lend my personal factory Ron Arra XSRA 1205 to you until your new 1205 is ready. Is your 1205 conventional or spinning?

[hyefisherman2]

Originally Posted by Ron A

redlite, I may have a solution for you....I can lend my personal factory Ron Arra XSRA 1205 to you until your new 1205 is ready. Is your 1205 conventional or spinning?

ron, awesome move on your end! good karma, good karma.

[redlite]

Mr. Ron A,
I appreciate your generous offer, but am goin to decline as I hate to borrow other peoples stuff. though i'm sure it would come with some good mojo. again, thank you and i'll update as the saga plays out

[NIB]

casting mojo..

[Brian L]

Now there's customer service!

[Saltheart]

Why are you assuming Lami will not honor the warrantee? I would be surprised if they didn't.

I am very dismayed to hear they wouldn't honor Sandman's warrantee. It is bad business for them not to honor a warrantee. A free blank prevents all the bad press which must cost them plenty of sales. If word gets out that they are not honring the warrantee , people will stop buying them , its that simple.

Anyway , call them and ask for a new blank ,see what they say. Doesn't matter where you bought it. You are the original owner and they should send you a new blank.

[redlite]

update.....this is turning into THE biggest aggravation.....so I went over to CMS sat. to pick up my broken rod and spoke with the owner. I understand that I have to go thru M&D's for the warranty. No big deal. But here in lies the problem....i had my receipt from when had paid CMS for the whole thing. It came to $319. The blank at M&D's cost me $176 (thanx s-b discount) Now when I tried to get my money back for the blank from CMS, the guy tells me that he will only refund me $130..WTF!!!!......i said how you figure, its a $200 blank? if I came in here, bought it, and brought it back, you'd give me my money back. He says that when you do it to have them wrap it, they only reimburse you THEIR cost for it. WTF!!!.....Some b.s. that he has to pay his employees and keep lights on and some other bs. So it boils down to that I paid CMS $189 for a few guides, a reel seat, some cork tape, and to wrap it. WTF!!! Then he tells me that IF I get the blank replaced, they'll re-wrap it for another $60!! WTF!!!

I have bought a lot of stuff from them, 3 rods, and had them do all work/ repairs on my rods. Always been good. Well I am ABSOLUTELY disgusted with their customer service on this issue. They dropped the ball on this one. I told the guy this and that I am done doing business with them.
Soooooo.......I call M&D's and they say that he can't give me new rod. I have to mail it back to Lami for them to check out and decide IF they are even goin ta warranty.... Additional cost- $60 shippin each way equals another $120.......So by the time I am done, this f'n rod is going to cost me almost $500 freakin dollars!!!!......When I got this rod I envisioned my kids inheriting it. Fortunately they won' t inherit this mind numbing aggravation. I should have just bought an Ugly-Stick. Will keep ya'll updated.

[Saltheart]

I can't follow your money trail. You paid CMS 319 to build on your M&D blank? That doesn't make sense. Sorry but I can't follow what you are saying.

BTW , 189 for the parts and a build on your blank is very reasonable. I must be missing something here???

as a rule its a big mistake to buy the blank from one guy and have someone else build it. I can see if you are importing a Century or Ziplex or a hard to find blank but for a blank that everyone can get , you should just buy the whole mess from one guy.