Glass - Then and Now

[Lotech]

@rtidd

This one sounds like a potential new feature idea. “Straight from the Source”?
What would you guys think if FAOL took a question like this and forwarded it on to a couple vendors to get the technical answers from the manufacturers?
Combined with tosser expert advice found here this may have value.

I’m not sure the rod makers, etc… have time to answer these, but it would be a good mechanism to get information on a rod or whatever that you don’t typically find in their flyers.

If there is interest in this I can run it past a few vendors and Dee.
Oh - for a guy that thinks fishing involves bobbers (ME!), I’d need a list of vendors you would like to hear answer stuff like this, so this would be a feature that is requested by the community and the vendor list would be mostly created by you. FAOL sponsors would of course always be invited to reply if they wished.

Any interest on your side?

–Ron–
aka Worm Drowning sysadmin.

Great idea Ron,
I would put Fenwick on the list and let them know I was interested in a fiberglass Spey or Switch rod configuration.
Thanks for the thought,

[EdD]

@Betty_Hiner

LOL!!! Somehow that looks quite familiar!!! Right, Ed?

You mean since you got him to post publicly what you PM’ed to me the day I started this thread?

I suppose that it looks a tad familiar.

Ed

[Betty_Hiner]

No, no, no!! He’s a member in good standing here, and I REALLY didn’t talk to him about this post! He did that all on his own!! I believe great minds think alike!! :rolleyes:
Check your PM’s.

[EdD]

Thanks Y’all, there’s a ton of info here. The main reason that I want a glass rod is to have a rod that won’t shatter if I hit it with a beadhead. My old glass rod was tough that way, but it is in rough shape. The guides are worn to to being as smooth as sandpaper (a bit rough on the line) and the handle is all but gone. It was a cheapo from the Days of Yore, but it still inspires memories, as articles surviving from the Days of Yore often do. I want a new rod that is tough enough to go out and do what the old one did, well, I’d be happy to omit that size 12 Royal Coachman into the moustache incident…

Ed

[desertman]

I tried to PM you but your box is full and would not except it. Please PM me.
Desertman

[Mojo]

@EdD

Thanks Y’all, there’s a ton of info here. The main reason that I want a glass rod is to have a rod that won’t shatter if I hit it with a beadhead. My old glass rod was tough that way, but it is in rough shape. The guides are worn to to being as smooth as sandpaper (a bit rough on the line) and the handle is all but gone. It was a cheapo from the Days of Yore, but it still inspires memories, as articles surviving from the Days of Yore often do. I want a new rod that is tough enough to go out and do what the old one did, well, I’d be happy to omit that size 12 Royal Coachman into the moustache incident…

Ed

After you get your new rod,think about rebuilding the old one. New guides, cork, reel seat and finish? It’s not that hard to do. And it could be fun.

[Colston_Newton]

Quit fussin’ around and get a Phillipson. Not fast, but really fine.