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Where does everyone get the 3/8 fiberglass rod for hagz brackets I went to lowes the thickest only looked 5/16 an fleet farm had 3/8 4 footers but looking for some longer ones.would sure hate to buy them on the internet.shipping would be expensive.
Fiberglass rodsjust got done cleaning an old st. Croix glass rod that we bought for my dad almost 40 years ago. Have it displayed with an old mitchell 304 next to an old garcia conolon ul with a mitchell 408.cannot get over how many fish, walleyes, smallies, crappies and gills, along with channel cats that i caught on glass rods over the years. Now they have become dust collectors. They were whippy, heavy and not as sensitive as graphite, but they sure were fun to use.question-anyone still fish with fiberglass rods?
Don't get me wrong. I love graphite. Light and sensitive. Sometimes i just hunker for the old stuff. I remember when i had three rods in my boat and two ultralights for wading for panfish. One tacklebox. One beat up old fishing jacket.
Lacrosse, made in usa waders, and no sonar in the boat. My fish marker was a hen mallard decoy. And i caught fish, many fish. Now i have a couple of dozen rods, two vests, three bags, two tackle boxes, three pairs of waders, hi-tech clothing and neat little lights that attach to the bill of my ball cap, and to tell the truth, i just ain't the same.i even miss the smell of a coleman latern frying bugs at midnight.the one common denominator.i still love fishing, but for different reasons these days. Funny you should mention glass, Rich. A while back I mentioned that I was looking into glass rods, and DT told me he had a 3wt diamondglass (diamondback's fiberglass line). He let me try it and I really liked it.as of last saturday, I'm the proud new owner of a glass 4wt.
I love the thing. Its 'new' glass, so its not quite as 'whippy', but its also a heck of a lot lighter than what I was led to believe for glass. It's got some issues that need to be worked out in extremely close range (inside 20 feet or so), but I think that a switch to a DT or TT line will fix it.If we dont manage to meet up before then, I can bring it to the one fly for you to cast.though please dont hook a fresh chromer with the 4wt!
Although I love to fish all kinds of vintage tackle, I have an affinity for three kinds. The first is a classic Heddon Musky rod with an original Ambassadeur 5000 reel, the second is a 1930s era True Temper casting rod and Shakespeare Marhoff reel, and the last is any vintage fly rod and reel. While I love bamboo, nothing is as sweet to me as my vintage Pflueger 1492 and Fenwick Ferulite glass rod combination. I've fished this set for upwards of 15 years and there is just something about it I love.Anyway, as I am extremely interested in fishing rod history, I thought I'd profile a web site today that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves from the collecting fraternity.
Is a 'web Forum for fly fishers that enjoy fishing, collecting, building and dealing in vintage and modern fiberglass fly rods.' It is a fascinating place to track the lineage of that fiberglass fly rod that most people simply disregard as being too new to have any use or value. Well, nothing could be further from the truth.While the story of the first fiberglass rods has been told and retold a number of times beginning in the late 1940s, I was first introduced to the expanded history of this era's glass rods through Vic Johnson's detailed, a neat history of the origins and development of the glass rod.Fiberglass Flyrodders adds much to the world of the glass fly rod. It has a great and active forum helping people to ID and evaluate their glass rods (how many times do we see posts on other boards about these things?), and an extremely useful forum on fishing glass rods.
Other forums include a for sale/want posting board, fly tying, classic reels (something ORCA members will enjoy), and a nice rodbuilding forum for those looking to rehabilitate, repair, or build their own glass rod.I love bamboo, don't get me wrong, but there's no reason not to love fiberglass as well. I'm sure there are a few anglers over atFiberglass Flyrodders who will agree with me. I'll have a permanent link posted to the direct right for those who want to visit but haven't bookmarked the site.- Dr.