I am lusting for a short 3wt 2pc rod. I really like the action of the LL Bean Streamlight 6'6" 3wt 2pc rod, but want to build it myself. I can't seem to find any references as to who makes their blanks. Any ideas where I can find this rod blank?
ll Bean Rod Blank
I am lusting for a short 3wt 2pc rod. I really like the action of the LL Bean Streamlight 6'6" 3wt 2pc rod, but want to build it myself. I can't seem to find any references as to who makes their blanks. Any ideas where I can find this rod blank?
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Drop a PM to Ed (Heritage Angler on FAOL) and see if he can help you with this. He has been very helpful on many occasions for me on LL Bean products.
Warren
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LL Bean does not divulge who makes their rods, but several people have indicated they are GLoomis. I don't know if this is true, but it doesn't matter anyway since it is probably on a proprietary design for LL Bean and the blank would not be available anyway.
The best way to find a blank that is similar is to get the CCS data on the LL Bean rod and try to match it with a comparable blank. Of course, this assumes you can get accurate data on the LL Bean rod.
Personally, I would give up trying to match a specific rod and get a Tiger Eye 6' or 7' 3wt (or their new GF/P4-66-2/3, which is a 6' 6" 2/3 wt, 4 piece rod), a Rainshadow 6'6" 2wt, or an America Tackle Matrix 6' 6" 2wt. A 6' 6" 3wt is hard to find.
Last edited by dunfly; 11-23-2009 at 05:42 PM.
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Angler's Workshop has several workable blanks.
http://www.anglersworkshop.com/categ...spx?catid=2223
That takes you to the 2 piece blanks. There are a bunch of blanks listed that should work.
Kevin
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Thanks for the info and the ideas! Now, I'm thinking I might use my lathe and make a wood grip for this little rod. May be a fun project!
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne.
"When you know, to know that you know, and when you do not know, to know that you do not know - that is true knowledge..." Charlie Chan (author Earl Derr Biggers ...Behind That Curtain 192
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