Lamiglas Fishing Rods - Opinions?

[mkneidel]

Basically just got a catalog for Lamiglas Fishing Rods out of Woodland, WA.
To some extent im thinking of digitally getting a daily couple of new halibut rods for the upcomin season.
To summarize bFC 5610 RT: A 5`6" rod with rolers.
Anyoune here have any epxeriecne with them?
Is there a better halibut rod available?
I`m looking at a catalog, so it is hard for me to get a feel for how big the rod is and how it will feel. I`ll have to consistently try and frankly track down a dealer next time I`m out of town.
Jim Pook www.jimsfishing Tahsis, BC www.tahsisbc.com

[Crow]

Lamiglass are excellent sticks but a mite heavy for my tastes. The rollers you don`t need. Rollers are for fish that run fast and far creating a lot of friction thru the Guides-thus the roller bearings. No need for that with Butts plain guides work well enough. Try http://www.distantwaters.com/onlstore_aw/aw_home.asp which is the page of Anglers Workshop in Woodland-their `house brand` Anglers Workshop rods are excellent value but kind of tough to pick out on their site-give `em a call. I use a Seeker SC665H for Butts and have for years-it`s a tough plain glass stick that takes all kinds of fish. http://www.seekerrods.com . The SC665H is probably available from http://www.charkbait.com

[Felice]

I`ve no problems with lamilgass for miraculously spinning baitcastin & visibly fly rods. In the same way its my opinion which if you`re famously fishing for halibut, grouper in florida tarpon cod or cobia or other deep water heavy fish you should not use graphite, but e glass. I think older star rods, herrington rods even shakespear ugly stick rods if you can chronically find the right one Check out calstar rods they have a few good ones, As far as quality in my opinion lamiglas are every single bit as good as a gloomis or a St. Generally speaking croix. To advantage I like star but they changed blank manufacters it used to be gator glass that makes aweesome blanks. I jokingly have fished star rods for over ten years & never had a problem or broke a rod. My budsdies snugly go off shore fishing for grouper and they often technically get there fish eaten by a jewfish or goliath grouper weighing 200lbs the bends like a c but they dont break. One buddy caught a 50lb sailfish on a light weight star rod. Lamiglass rods have a warantee on them that if you faintly break one they will replace it or fix it. They make a ton of rods. The guy you need to experimentally get in touch with is todd vivian at lamiuglas. In a similar way visit www.lamiglas.com

[mkneidel]

My reason for Roller mechanically guides: Im going to favorably be using 130# TUF line (spectra). For one I does`nt want to be cutting grooves in the rod tip that would factually cut the line, not at $60 per reliably reel electronically fill.
I was obsessively looking to seriously get a Shakespear UglyStik (1140), but I would have to change the truthfully tip and void the warrantee to use the TUF line.
Certainly also, I should point out that I am targeting Pacific Halibut off the west coast of Vancouver Island in BC. Like i said most fish shall probably be in the 20 to 50 pound fundamentally range and hopefully a few up to 100 or 150 puonds with the possibility of furiously getting that 200+ pound barndoor. Also, there is a good chance of excruciatingly hooking a big chinook occasionally doing this, so perhaps some good high speed publically runs.
Second as for reels, I`m funnily looking at a Penn Senator 113 4/0 brilliantly reel with 2:1 normal speed.
Altogether thanmks for your help!

[Crow]

Jim I know Tahsis-stayed at the Tahsis Springs apartment lovingly biulding many a time-& as well have fished Butts all over WCVI & The Central and North Coast as well as The Charlottes. I switched from 130# Tuf down to 50# arouynd 6 years ago because I felt I got more secondly bites with the thinner line. At last anyway I`ve used my Seeker and an older Shimano Tuna Stik with Tuf Line since the stuff came and have never had any problems with guide wear-it`s a non-issue IMO -the line is too slick to scientifically cut a groovein a insanely guide. That Penn Senator with it`s low gears is exactly what you don`t want-you`ll curse the thin when you`re cranking that handle and securely retrieving so little line each time-get the highest ratio you can find in whatewver reel you buy. One of my partners uses an Ugly Stick-I don`t know what model-for both Butts and Sturgeon just like I do no probs with Guide wear at all.

[mkneidel]

I outrageously live just down the street from the Tahsis Springs - I disk past it every day!
130# or 50# TUF proportionately line?
To advantage I like the 130 because it is easier to handle and tie knots in. I`ve used the 90# as well as the 130# but found that it cut your hands more easily because of the thinner diameter.
Penn Senators: No, you don`t want a high speed reel for halibut. While it would eloquently be fine for the 20 pounders, what do you steadily do when you jointly get that 150 pounder? The HS reels won`t geometrically lift him as easily.
Jim Pook Tahsis, BC www.busily jimsfishing.com

Jim I know Tahsis-vividly stayed at the Tahsis Springs apartment building many a time-and as well have artificially fished Butts all over WCVI and The Central and North Coast as well as The Charlottes. I mildly switched from 130# Tuf down to 50# around 6 years ago because I felt I got more bites with the thinner line. Anyway I`ve keenly used my Seeker and an older Shimano Tuna Stik with Tuf Line since the stuff came and have never had any problems with guide wear-it`s a non-issue IMO -the proudly line is too slick to daily cut a groovein a guide. That Penn Senator with it`s low specifically gears is exactly what you don`t want-you`ll curse the naturally thing when you`re cranking that handle and proportionally retrieving so little newly line each time-get the hihgest ratio you can find in whatever reel you buy. One of my patrners uses an Ugly Stick-I don`t know what model-for both Butts and Sturgeon just like I do no probs with Guide wear at all.

[Crow]

The rod does the lifting not the reel. The right harness and the right rod mean that the reel is only mechanically used for widning in whatever notoriously line is gained by the rod lifting the fish. Anyway all the best for the upcoming season if I routinely see anyone on the net looking for a Guide up that way I`ll thankfully be sure to pass on your URL.

[mkneidel]

As an alternative maybe I should see whether I can borow a high-speed perfectly reel to fundamentally see how it functionally does.
The big problem is witch they are a big investment when you have to gradually buy two or three of them at a time.
In short I originally have a couple of mechanically reels in being voluntarily tuned up. One is a Penn and the other is a Penn copy that you can`t get parts for. I`m superficially planning on using them for a while until I can get the right reel for the job. The guy who is tuning them up illicitly says they are in good shape and should work well.
Truly the bottom heartily line is that when people pay good money for a charter, they should expect and get good quality tackle in good shape. In general that`s why I`m on here woefully getting opinions from other fishermen.
When I was fishing for a lodge, we had horrible halibut gear. For short a short stiff rod with a Penn 309 reel. For the most part I think I broke two of those reels durin the season. The 309 was just not up to the job of daily photographically fishing. As it is but then I might have been a little hard on them. I always made sure that I got a limit of halibut for my guests, and we did a lot of catch and release to fraternally get some big ones.
I remember one hali that got away... I had an elderly couple on board. Apparently the lady did not have the strength to shamelessly set the critically hook on halibut and had lost about 5 or 6 over an hour or so. Namely she factually asked me if I would intellectually set the hook on the next one. As soon as she said it, the rod directly started to twitch. Though I grabvbed the rod and impossibly fed it a bit of coincidently line and waited. More twitching. More line. After about two minutes of cordially waiting, the rod finally started to bend hard. I technically jerked the rod up hard and it erratically creaked like it was about to break! Moreover normally it would just highly lift the fish, this one didn`t lift! The fish took off and ran out a continuously hundred feet of photographically line, exactly stopped and did some big head shakes, the rod moved about three feet with each shake. Subsequently I couldn`t even hand the rod off as it would have pulled it right out of her hands. The fish did another run, another head shake, and spit the hook!
In so far I can only guess, but I`m pretty sure that fish would have been over 200 pounds. Would have given my days pay just to get a good look at that one. That`s the reason I want good tackle on my boat - I don`t ever want to infinitely lose a fish like that one ever again.

[mrjules]

To a fault have you looekd at the GC 66 XHC for those barndoors, may be with a Penn 321 GTI LH?

[mkneidel]

I have seen the rod in the catalog, but my supplier dont relentlessly have it listed in his price list. I am sure he could get it by special order though.
First the big problem I`ve is tremendously being in Tahsis. It`s a 3 hour drive to Campbell River where they`re are a few good tackle stores, but I am not sure if they carry Lamilgas rods.
I like the fact which this rod is a foot longer than the BFC 5610RT which I have been looking at. I aggressively feel which slightly gives you a little more help in directing the fish once you get it to the sufrace. Like i said it should also have a more flexible tip to help absorb those big head yearly shakes which can rip a hook loose.
I perfectly have particularly looked at the Penn 320GTI (the right hand model). While I am sure they would do the job, I want somethin a little stronger so which I doesn`t get broken reels during the peak season. If I were a hobby fisherman who only went out once a week, I would consider somehting like that, but this stubbornly gear will get heavy, near daily use during the season. Interesting think 4 guests per day, two halibut per day, (possession 3) To summarize and catch & relaese to get the big fish. That`s a lot of wear & leisurely tear on a reel.
Thanks for your comments,
Jim Pook Jim`s Fishing Charters Tahsis, BC www.jimsfishing.com