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help me find a pole

shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
edited January 2006 in The Fishing Hole!
I am, and have been look at for a 7'6" to 8'6" fiberglass spinning rod, medium action, with a fast tip. Does anyone know a company that makes one besides having it custom built?
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not helping another guy look for his "pole".[}:)]

    Sorry, couldn't resist - I know, I'm demented.[:(]
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • COLTCOLT Member Posts: 12,637 ******
    edited November -1
    ...dlrjj...[:D][:D]

    ...never looked for one that long. Tried Fenwick? Class act for rods, a little "pricey", but next to custom in quality 4171.gif

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  • shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bloviator
    ...dlrjj...[:D][:D]

    ...never looked for one that long. Tried Fenwick? Class act for rods, a little "pricey", but next to custom in quality


    Yeah, i got their 2006 catalog with in-fisherman last week, their not fiberglass.
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  • peabopeabo Member Posts: 3,098
    edited November -1
    Near my brothers place, there is a ma & pa bait tackle store. They buy all the broken rods they can find from other stores. They find one with a broken tip, and another with a broken grip. They cut each one down and make a 2 piece rod and length can vary.
    Last time I was home, they had an 'all star' rod they had repaired. It was a bait casting rod, not a spinning rod, although they had some spinning rods that they had repaired also.
    I bought it for $25 and measured it when I got home. 7'9". I like it better than any other rod I have.

    Thanks---Peabo
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  • shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    bump
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  • COLTCOLT Member Posts: 12,637 ******
    edited November -1
    ...shoff, I have used graghite rods for so long, I'd forgotten about fiberglass, seems like most manufactures have too.
    Had some time, did a search, and dang, except for blanks, there does not seem to be a lot out there, in length you are looking for.
    Found these, not sure if E-glass is just a "grade" of fiberglass, or it means a composite of fiberglass and some other material.

    ...Anyway, found these, and by line weight they specify w/rods, I don't think, their the big thick Super-Heavy action saltwter type rods...some go dn. to 8lb. line,...one piece...maybe this helps.

    http://www.seastriker.com/starrods/starrods_files/page0004.htm

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  • mowartmowart Member Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ever hear of Alexander Graham Bellski??






    (He was the first telephone Pole.)
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  • One shotOne shot Member Posts: 1,027 ✭
    edited November -1
    What ever you do, do not shut it in the door.
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go with a Lamiglass rod, the fenwick is overpriced and won't hold up. A cheaper rod that is a decent 'throw down' is the ugly stick.
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  • beaglebeagle Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ugly stick bought two of the eight foot catfish rods last year, one on sale at Wal-Mart for $23.00. The catfish rods are white. Though they are a spinning rod, I use a baitcaster on them. The black ugly sticks will be a little lighter. I have never seen a broke one and I have five or six of them.
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  • stankempstankemp Member Posts: 509 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For a treat, go to Cabela's online.
    Buy a kit that matches your expectations and build it.
    Thas wha ah'm doin'.
    Stan
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  • shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by stankemp
    For a treat, go to Cabela's online.
    Buy a kit that matches your expectations and build it.
    Thas wha ah'm doin'.
    Stan


    I would do that, but I don't really have the equipment for it.
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