I've been curious about what's out there and what opinions any of you might have about the modern offerings. There only seems to be a handful out there, that I can find anyway. I'm hopeful that with the increased interest in glass fly rods that it might make its way to the conventional fishing circles. Only time will tell, I suppose. With the new techniques I can imagine that crafting some fine spin/cast rods would be easy and desirable.
Interested to see what you all have to say.
Best regards
Chris

Batson SPG's
Seeker Eglass and S-glass

I'm sure there are more, but those cover a good wide range. A lot are one piece, but there are some 2 piece blanks out there.

I find it difficult to justify crafting my own because I'm happy with the older rods for salmon/jetty fishing and with the new fiberglass rods coming from Eagle Claw and Berkley for trout fishing.

I've redone a few of the older Wright & McGill rods and been very pleased with how they've turned out.

Now the girl wants a custom trout spinning rod in 3+ pieces so I'll need to find a nice rod to rebuild or a try out one of those new blanks.

You can often find really nice Fenwick rods on eBay, they have stood the test of time. Modern glass other than fly is scare at best. Bass gear fishers liked big glass casting rods for pulling crankbaits and there are (maybe were) some modern rods being sold, but that is probably not what this thread is about.

the spg 720 is a 5 ft ultralight.2-6 lb line is $15.85 for the blank. might have to build a couple rods.where i live and fish my best shot at big panfish are below 15 feet in very clear water .just dont like throwing heavy sinking line to get down to them.it usually spooks them anyhow.i also tie tiny little jigs that are basically flies.4lb nanofil is like 1lb mono and is zero stretch.need a short limber rod for this type of fishing.

There doesn't seem to be a ton of interest in glass spin rods though I agree the Fenwicks have stood the test of time. I tried offering a nice almost new Fenwick PLS70 for sale on the board last spring with no interest what so ever.

I saw in sportsmans that the eagle claw "crafted glass" have a few spin rods just recently released. I may pick one up cause the price is hard to beat ($35ish). I much prefer to fly fish, but I take the family to the local ponds often. Sometimes it's not easy casting a fly in those situations. So I figured I'd make it more fun by grabbing some glass rods. Also the eagle claws are great to have for the kids cause they're much more durable and cheap.

If you fish freshwater baitcasters for bass, set up an ebay search for Falcon Glass and save it.
If one comes up, do not pass go.

I've had Lews, Browning, Fenglas Lunkerstik - The Falcon is the all-time best glass casting rod.

OH $$$$ I SEE IT'S YOU SELLING THE ROD !!!! YA GIVE ME A CALL PLEASE ANYTIME.
DAVID
TOOTY


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Berkeley still makes a couple:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/fishing/ ... type%3DGNU

http://www.cabelas.com/product/fishing/ ... type%3DGNU

I'm with Ron on the falcon glass. Several tourney guys used Falcons for crank baits.
Mike

I just ordered one of the Eagle Claw Crafted Glass 6'6" Medium rods to give it a try. They have a full line of the Crafted Glass from 5'6" up to 13'. I wanted a rod to chase Channel Cats with so we shall see.

Mike

Modern??? What was old is new again. A 60 year old Howald Wonderrod spinning rod works every bit as good as today's offerings in the same line range, and it's teamed up with a SB reel the same age. Sure, it doesn't have whiz bang carbide, ceramic, or exotic metal guides and it's not as stiff or as light as today's offerings, but it casts like a dream and most everyone over 50 knows about Wonderrod fish-fighting qualities.

I enjoy showing up on the walleye boat with my antique setup which was probably catching walleyes before some of the younger guys were born. To be fair, I do take along a couple other rods, as backups, or if I use more than 1 rod out.

BB