Lamiglas Blanks

Equipment Rod Building: Cane and Graphite
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Has anyone our there have experience with Lamiglas blanks. If so, how do you like the blank? I want to make a 4wt rod that has a fast action and I am considering Lamiglas. Anyone built one with a Lamiglas Blank?

2

I’m sure somone will argue with me, but I don’t think they are known for any ‘fast’ blanks.

3

Agree with JC. One of (all were) the slower blanks we have used.
…lee s.

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In 1990 I built a first generation Lamiglass rod 5/6 wt 8 1/2’( my first build)and fished it hard for the next ten years. It is still a fine rod today – by my tastes. It is much slower than most modern graphite rods.The newer rods are certain to be compleatly different animals, but if they have the same quality today, then you will have a quality blank — if you like the action.
AgMD

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I have built a few of the Lamiglass but only in the fiberglass series, and I anticipate building quite a few more. They are very pleasing to cast. I do know that some of their graphite series blanks are very well thought of in a lot of areas, but I have never heard them referred to as fast action, or tip flex. would be interesting to see one from them like that.

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I agree with DLeo. The fiberglass blanks are about the only reasonably priced glass blanks available.

7

Actually, I believe the XMG 50 /Espirit Series are all fast action fly rods.

8

That is what they claim.

9

James,

Do you feel the xmg 50’s are not fast? I have only seen measurement for a 9’0" 8 wt XMG 50 (which I have on order by the way) and it has an Action Angle of 70 which is a bit slower than the Dan Craft FT’s which run in the high 70’s and about the same as the Sage TCR’s which range from 65-73.

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Hey, all I meant was what I wrote, “It’s what they claim.” I know Lami and the guys there, in fact, they were sponsors here for a few years. Power, strength and progressive action were the strong points for years. If you now think they make a high-speed, crisp, fast action rod in the same class as the Sage TCR,so be it.

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Dean,
maybe you can come back here and report on how you feel after building your XMG.

Regards,

Todd