Who Fishes Glass

[MACFLY]

In the last few years fiberglass fly rods have made a huge come back. The number of folks building custom fiberglass fly rods has exploded as well. You can also buy glass rods from a number of well known vendors and there is a glass rod for every budget from the classic eagle claw glass rod which can be had for about 25 bucks all the way up to custom blanks from Tom Morgan that can go for 700-800 bucks when finished.

They come now in a variety of sights and lengths as well. They also come in some pretty funky colors and tapers. One guy who has had a big influence on the resurgence of glass is Cameron Mortenson. He runs site called The Fiberglass Manifesto. He also has page on facebook. Can,Erin is passionate about fishing with glass and he is a great example of taking a passion and building a huge following and part time business as well. He has made appearances at the Flyfishing show and will be at this years fly tying symposium participating in a casting class as well.

I own about 7 glass rods now including a custom built s glass rod from graywolf rods. I recently acquired the new Orvis glass rod with unsanded blank.

Anyone fishing glass these days. If so what are you using and how do you like it. Below is my s glass rod when I bought it a few years ago

 

[WBDluver]

Glass is a pain in the glass. Its slow and heavy. Its the minivan of fly rods. It is mainly used by those that cant cast graphite so it does have its place.

 

[MACFLY]

Glass is a pain in the glass. Its slow and heavy. Its the minivan of fly rods. It is mainly used by those that cant cast graphite so it does have its place.

Not really you can find some pretty light glass rods these days and are some with more of medium to med-fast feel as well. Definitely on your generations glass rods

 

[Trout Nazi]

You have 7 glass rods? Well, moderation is for cowards. How about buying 5-6 NRX LP's and letting me know when you grow bored and weary of one?

 

[MACFLY]

You have 7 glass rods? Well, moderation is for cowards. How about buying 5-6 NRX LP's and letting me know when you grow bored and weary of one?

Well yes I own 7 glass rods but none of thrm are as expensive as an nrx LP 4 of them are 100 or less

 

[MACFLY]

Check out the blog on the fiberglass casting competition at fly tying symposium this weekend.


http://thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com/2014/10/2014-international-fly-tying-symposium.html

 

[mtthwnvk]

One guy who has had a big influence on the resurgence of glass is Cameron Mortenson. He runs site called The Fiberglass Manifesto. He also has page on facebook. Can,Erin is passionate about fishing with glass and he is a great example of taking a passion and building a huge following and part time business as well. He has made appearances at the Flyfishing show and will be at this years fly tying symposium participating in a casting class as well.


Anyone fishing glass these days. If so what are you using and how do you like it. Below is my s glass rod when I bought it a few years ago

My first rod was an eagle claw, bright yellow, sure has served its purpose for its 25 bucks, especially now that my youngest uses it often. I still break it out on the lake in the Summer for throwing big poppers. I don't know enough about fiberglass or fishing to tell you why but that sucker loads up and gets big flies out far.

Cameron helped support a film I was making back a few weeks ago and sent me and some buddies a few of the Orvis superfine rods. the 3 wt served me better than any graph rod I've used. Disclaimer: I haven't casted enough rods to tell anyone they need to get one thing over the other, but I have liked all the glass rods I've casted more the cheap graphite rods I've used.

 

[CTobias]

It is mainly used by those that cant cast graphite so it does have its place.

So I take it you have quite a few glass rods?

 

[WBDluver]

So I take it you have quite a few glass rods?

This site if full of haters. There is no love here on NEFF. I come on here to share my knowledge and give of my time and self and this is what i get!

 

[MACFLY]

My first rod was an eagle claw, bright yellow, sure has served its purpose for its 25 bucks, especially now that my youngest uses it often. I still break it out on the lake in the Summer for throwing big poppers. I don't know enough about fiberglass or fishing to tell you why but that sucker loads up and gets big flies out far.

Cameron helped support a film I was making back a few weeks ago and sent me and some buddies a few of the Orvis superfine rods. the 3 wt served me better than any graph rod I've used. Disclaimer: I haven't casted enough rods to tell anyone they need to get one thing over the other, but I have liked all the glass rods I've casted more the cheap graphite rods I've used.

Cool let us know when the movie is available. The glass rods today are nothing like the old style rods we fished growing up. They come in a variety of tapers and are quite light by comparison.

 

[JeffK]

I'm an occasional glass guy and like the slow, easy pace they offer casting dry flies on moderate sized waters. Where they fit the bill, I find glass very relaxing to fish and most times I go fishing it is to relax. Not bad rods to swing teams of wets with either. I have a fair stash of older glass rods (about 40 right now), but mostly I use my old Fenwick 756 (7 1/2' 6 wt) which was the hot light trout rod of my youth and 8' Phillipsons. I made a nice rod from an old Phillipson Master blank and also have an A&F Yellowstone version I like. In a little heavier vein, I like the PG40-8', a 6/7 wt Curt Gowdy Parametric. Some of the old Cortlands are nice and I have a soft spot for the old Harnells from the 50's, but that is more for an old school vibe. They are pretty slow even for glass. The largest cutthroat trout I ever caught, a 28" specimen from Pyramid Lake, was caught on a soft Berkley 7' 5 wt Parametric travel rod. The soft rod handled that fish quite well.

I learned to fly fish in the glass era, so the nostalgia factor is pretty high when I break out these old guys. You young guys talk of heavy rods, but those soft rods with 6 wt lines can feel quite light in hand and are relaxing to fish if you wait and let the rod do the work for you. They are also the proper tools to punch tight casts in overgrown streams using the techniques pioneered by Joe Humphries in PA.

 

[Trout Nazi]

I'm an occasional glass guy and like the slow, easy pace they offer casting dry flies on moderate sized waters. Where they fit the bill, I find glass very relaxing to fish and most times I go fishing it is to relax. Not bad rods to swing teams of wets with either. I have a fair stash of older glass rods (about 40 right now), but mostly I use my old Fenwick 756 (7 1/2' 6 wt) which was the hot light trout rod of my youth and 8' Phillipsons. I made a nice rod from an old Phillipson Master blank and also have an A&F Yellowstone version I like. In a little heavier vein, I like the PG40-8', a 6/7 wt Curt Gowdy Parametric. Some of the old Cortlands are nice and I have a soft spot for the old Harnells from the 50's, but that is more for an old school vibe. They are pretty slow even for glass. The largest cutthroat trout I ever caught, a 28" specimen from Pyramid Lake, was caught on a soft Berkley 7' 5 wt Parametric travel rod. The soft rod handled that fish quite well.

I learned to fly fish in the glass era, so the nostalgia factor is pretty high when I break out these old guys. You young guys talk of heavy rods, but those soft rods with 6 wt lines can feel quite light in hand and are relaxing to fish if you wait and let the rod do the work for you. They are also the proper tools to punch tight casts in overgrown streams using the techniques pioneered by Joe Humphries in PA.

Seven rods..are you on food stamps or something

Marty MacFly has some competition here. So if you only "occasionally" fish glass and have 40 of them, how many graphite rods do you have? Do you have a storage unit somewhere to keep all this stuff? Does it look like an episode of Hoarding, but without the cockroaches and boxes everywhere? And here I get shit from my non-fishing friends for only having 7 rods (yes, I know thats kind of light).

 

[Trout Nazi]

MacBoob, are you editing my posts? Ease up on the power trip, stick to the Beetle, your communism should not extend to me.

Yes, only 7, trying to contain my impulse buying. I have one too many expensive hobbies, so I need to spread the love. Although, my fishing hobby is colliding with another one (in a productive way). Each rod serves a specific need, but I'll probably get the NRX LP for some redundancy, plus it throws really nice.

 

[MACFLY]

MacBoob, are you editing my posts? Ease up on the power trip, stick to the Beetle, your communism should not extend to me.

Yes, only 7, trying to contain my impulse buying. I have one too many expensive hobbies, so I need to spread the love. Although, my fishing hobby is colliding with another one (in a productive way). Each rod serves a specific need, but I'll probably get the NRX LP for some redundancy, plus it throws really nice.

Relax TN I didn't alter your post. Jeez talk about being sensitive

 

[mtthwnvk]

Cool let us know when the movie is available. The glass rods today are nothing like the old style rods we fished growing up. They come in a variety of tapers and are quite light by comparison.

Ha! Like I'm silly enough to try to stand up against quality content like GB mag and all the lovely videos here


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[SRT]

Macfly, I have a few and fish them more regularly than not. I just received yesterday a Steffen 8' 3/4 weight from Shane at Graywolf. I have a 7'9" orvis superfine glass, a 7' 3# lamiglass, and a 7' 4# diamondglass.

I fish mostly small water, the Orvis, and the Lamiglass are my two go to rods for sure. I fish mostly dries, but the Orvis can manage a tungsten bead nymph with ease. The lamiglass can do it, but it will be under protest. I wanted a bit more length which is what the 8' Steffen is for.

I like the the relaxed casting style of glass, and find I am more accurate, and present better with the glass rods. I will fish graphite on larger rivers.

 

[MACFLY]

Macfly, I have a few and fish them more regularly than not. I just received yesterday a Steffen 8' 3/4 weight from Shane at Graywolf. I have a 7'9" orvis superfine glass, a 7' 3# lamiglass, and a 7' 4# diamondglass.

I fish mostly small water, the Orvis, and the Lamiglass are my two go to rods for sure. I fish mostly dries, but the Orvis can manage a tungsten bead nymph with ease. The lamiglass can do it, but it will be under protest. I wanted a bit more length which is what the 8' Steffen is for.

I like the the relaxed casting style of glass, and find I am more accurate, and present better with the glass rods. I will fish graphite on larger rivers.

Shane makes a really beautiful rod. Great aesthetics.i l also like the steffan unsanded blanks. I just picked up the superfine glass rod this past week. Can't wait to fish it

 

[JeffK]

I am kind of a hoarder. Its great rods don't take up that much space. But first of all, I have been fly fishing for 48 years so one can accumulate a lot of stuff in that time. I probably have less graphite rods, other than steel or aluminum ones, since I have them just to use. BTW, I have wood, whole cane, split cane, fiberglass, boron, steel, and aluminum fly rods - that covers all the bases.

I am a collector of old rods, which accounts for most of them. I like rods from the 1870s and 1880s and 1950s because those are two times when technology was rapidly changing (wood to split bamboo and bamboo to composite materials) and the designs were settling in. I'm a geek and combine my interests in history of technology and fishing history. I also like to play around with old techniques using old equipment. Often some of the lost techniques can add something to your arsenal. Modern graphite rods are great and I fish them most of the time, but some of the older styles of fishing lost in the rush to modern tackle are still effective IMHO.

 

[MACFLY]

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I am kind of a hoarder. Its great rods don't take up that much space. But first of all, I have been fly fishing for 48 years so one can accumulate a lot of stuff in that time. I probably have less graphite rods, other than steel or aluminum ones, since I have them just to use. BTW, I have wood, whole cane, split cane, fiberglass, boron, steel, and aluminum fly rods - that covers all the bases.

I am a collector of old rods, which accounts for most of them. I like rods from the 1870s and 1880s and 1950s because those are two times when technology was rapidly changing (wood to split bamboo and bamboo to composite materials) and the designs were settling in. I'm a geek and combine my interests in history of technology and fishing history. I also like to play around with old techniques using old equipment. Often some of the lost techniques can add something to your arsenal. Modern graphite rods are great and I fish them most of the time, but some of the older styles of fishing lost in the rush to modern tackle are still effective IMHO.

That's pretty cool Jeff. Any pics of the steel rods?

 

[SRT]

Shane makes a really beautiful rod. Great aesthetics.i l also like the steffan unsanded blanks. I just picked up the superfine glass rod this past week. Can't wait to fish it

Yes he does, pure art. I picked up a British mad C.F.O to hang on it, maybe give it a whirl on Tuesday.