Glass rod question for Cameron

[bryan hulse]

Cameron,

What would you consider the best all around line weight/length combination for a first glass rod. Something that will do a little bit of everything good enough, but maybe one thing really well? An 8′ 5wt?

Bryan

[patrick mccormick]

my first fly rod was a 7.5 foot 6 wt, I love it still.

[Cameron Mortenson]

Bryan…my opinion is that glass really shines in the six and a half to eight foot range.

[bryan hulse]

Thanks, Patrick and Cameron. I’m watching a Walt Carpenter rod and a Fenwick right now. Both are rated for six wt lines, I believe. I like the odd ball 7.5 ft 5 or 6 combinations. I have a cane rod configured that way.

Fiberglass is something I’ve wanted to get into for awhile, and thanks to you, Cameron, I think I’ll finally do it.

Bryan

[steve altshuler]

Hi Bryan-
My thoughts about glass run a few directions.  For small streams I love a 7′ 3 pc. 4 wt. off a Honey Lamiglass blank that I have – I fish a lot of bamboo, but it’s so nice not to worry when you’re slipping and sliding over brush and rocks, and getting flies hung up a fair amount. I love the soft flex of a glass small stream rod. Also, however, I recently picked up a custom 8’3″ 5 wt. from Mike McFarland, and it’s an incredible rod.  I wanted a bit longer rod than the usual 8′ 5 wt. for my other main use for glass: early in the season when waters are high and I’m slinging a lot of weight/nymphs/streamers. I still love the bamboo for May-July fishing dries, but I’ve really fallen for the glass rods.  I’ve hardly picked up my graphite in a couple of years.  Go for it.
Regards, Steve

[mike b.]

Cameron hooked me up with a 7ft 5wt glass rod that I took up to a stream last week.

[bryan hulse]

Poudre,

That’s a nice looking rod. How is it with nymphs and smaller streamers.

Steve, thank you for your input. I’m interested–the new glass rods coming out of the established houses like Lamiglass, Scott, Winston, and T & T, and the independants like McFarland, are they better than the originals? Are the tapers more refined–the cosmetics certainly are (not that that matters a whole lot).

Bryan

[mike b.]

Bryan,

It actually does quite well.

[steve altshuler]

Bryan-
Unfortunately all my experiences fishing glass have been with the newer rods – others have a much better sense of the older glass. Certain Fenwicks sound really nice to me, and I might have to look in that direction sometime.

[greg mitchell]

Bryan

I’ve recently been hit by the glass bug too. A couple of months ago I picked up a fenwick 7.5 6 wt from ebay. I’ve fished it a couple of times and it casts and fishes very well. It’s a keeper. I also recently bid on a 8 ft 6 wt fenwick. I didn’t bid much and didn’t expect to win but I did. It seems like a good rod too and I look forward to fishing it as well.

[Cameron Mortenson]

It is amazing how much interest there is fiberglass rods in the last couple of years.

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