Anybody try the "E Glass" Rods?

[rawfish]

I am referring to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Custom-5- ... dZViewItem
I have to say I am intrigued. I wonder what others think,

[Jerry]

I've heard of "e glass" but not sure what it is. Some folks in the chat room like it. Good looking rod at a decent price. Checking the guys profile I see he's sold others with good feed back. I'm tempted myself

[Lotech]

Looks to me that the reel seat and grip alone are worth the asking price.

[Joe Valencic]

I will be trying this rod out pretty soon. I just ordered a bunch of fly & spin blanks from rod-blanks.com, and I picked up a 2 PC 6 FT E-GLASS ULTRALITE SPIN ROD BLANK 2-6 LBS for $5. That's correct, FIVE Dollars. I've spent more money on dumber things (I think?), so I figured it was worth a shot for a fin. I'll post pictures on the rod building board when I get started on it. I'm building a couple of spin rods for the grandkids, so I figured I'd throw one in for myself for when I get too senile to fly cast.

Joe

[RS1]

I am referring to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Custom-5- ... dZViewItem
I have to say I am intrigued. I wonder what others think,

Today there is "E" glass and "S" glass. E glass is a little slower than S glass. Lamiglass, McFarland etc. . "S" glass is Diamondglass, Steffan Brothers. Supposedly S glass is stronger.
It's like the way modulus is in graphite (I think that's a correct analogy)

[J Castwell]

Jerry, not sure, but the yellow multi-piece rod... is it not E glass???

[gadabout]

E glass is just regular fiberglass. S glass is a later generation of fiberglass that is stiffer than E glass but not as stiff as graphite. IMO, if you want the glass experience, stick with E glass.

[Bamboozle]

E glass all the way for me!

I have a McFarland Spruce Creek 7'0" 3pc 4wt built on an e-glass blank. It is absolutely one of the sweetest, smoothest casting rods I ever fished, bar none!

Take a walk on the light side:

http://p097.ezboard.com/ffiberglassflyroddersfrm9

[Jim Sentell]

The E and S is a modulus designation.

E glass is 10 million
S glass is 12 million

1st. generation graphite is 33-million modulus. So, you can see that the glasses are nice easy "fishing" rods
as opposed to stiff casting rods.

I have the Fenwick FF806, FF756, FF706 and now the FF605.

Glass rods are stronger than you'd ever imagine and that big "C" with a nice fish is awesome!


www.fiberglassflyrodders.com is a site solely for fiberglass; give it a look.

Now, for fiberglass feel on your graphite rod, over-line two weights and slow down your stroke until you have the rhythm and
you'll be able to make a decision from there as to glass rods.

There's an interesting article written by Gary Loomis in the December 2003 FLW Outdoors Magazine that dispells the myth about
over-lining. Fellow broke his rod and tried to convince Gary he did it landing a big fish. Gary took the exact same rod and had the guy
bend it while Gary held it. Then, Gary stood on it and had the guy pull up on the rod....NOTHING....so, overlining's not going to shatter a modern graphite rod. Slamming it in the door or with a big Cone Head Muddler will !!!!!!!

Enjoy, Jim

[Jim Sentell]

Found the actual article:

http://flw.flwoutdoors.com/emailArticle.cfm?id=141123


Jim