Looking for a classic or a modern?

Looking for a modern rod. Probably 6 pc 4wt.

Walt

Scott has a 7’2” 3wt/5 piece in their F Series lineup.

Leland sells a 7’6” 4wt in both 5 and 6 piece.

And for a slow graphite rod that allegedly feels like glass (or bamboo), Douglas’s Upstream is available in a few 6-piece configurations. All 3wts, from 7’ - 8’.

I love my Epic Fastglass II 476 5 pc PackLight rod for travel and camping!

Shane (Graywolf) built out some yellow 6 or 8 piece (I think) rods last couple years but I don't know if he still has them. I bought some of the blanks and built them out and found them to be slow fiberglass.

My best 7'-7 1/2' stream rods are 6 pc Lamiglas rods so that they fit inside my pack and nobody I might see will know that I am fishing as I hike to and from a favorite spot. With the same Lamiglas rod in 3 pc that is sticking out of my pack, or anything else that labels me as a fisherman, I have had people say "You fishing? I'll have to bring my pole next time." I label anybody who calls their rod a pole...is probably a catch and kill person. That is why I like 6 pc stream rods, especially on my favorite streams. A good fisherman can clean out a section of a small stream in a summer.

A very valid point Donny. Hadn't really thought about it that way.

One time as I was picking my way carefully up a drainage outfitted like this with everything in my pack, I noticed another guy moving stealthily in the woods like I was. He too was dressed in a way that looked only like a hiker. We were clearly keeping an eye on each other, not knowing what the other guy was up to. Eventually we crossed paths once I was on the water and had fun discovering that we were both moving stealthily on purpose...me to fish without giving my favorite spot away, and he was moving carefully to not give away the places where he was collecting morel mushrooms.

I have heard about people being shot at over morels and a buddy got into an altercation over wild asparagus .

In the past, Lami had a minimum order of 25 blanks, which I imagine our forum would buy up in a snap. However, a couple years ago I emailed Lami and asked if they could build a 2 weight glass rod to an existing taper. They replied, "Unfortunately we do not have that blank anymore and we are unable to make any." At the time, all the glass rods were on clearance and Lami was moving some production to a new facility in Mexico. It didn't look good for the future of glass at Lami.

Since, Lami has renamed some of the heavier Classic Glass lineup "Battleglass". There are a couple of light, two piece glass rods listed for kokanee and trout trolling. There are a few scattered glass blanks in the catalog, most of which have been out of stock for over a year (including all the two piece fly rod blanks).

The one-piece, 7'6" glass Kokanee rod and blank (FL904-1) aren't listed anymore. That one-piece glass Kokanee blank was the same one used for their 7'6" spigot ferruled fly rods. We can ask, but don't be surprised if the answer is no.


Tom

Been awhile and saw this post. Paveglass knows packrods and others who need to make significant treks understand benefit.

I have found that if I need a pack rod then I am either going over tough terrain, going through brush, walking considerable miles, fishing is not main objective (eg camp/cook), going to honey hole so not tipping my hand, or rod action fits fishing conditions. Otherwise, a 2 piece 7 wt Fisher rod is my standard along with my System 5 for guest.

Lamiglass 6 pc is a fine choice if you can find one or cut a blank. My personal favorite is a 10 piece Airrite 3wt. Should say was...broke tip and waiting for blue dunn in japan to get them back in stock...covid has had many effects. Anyway, it is really a 5wt but the action is al dente as BD (Ron) would say for a fine rod. Otherwise the 6 pc airrite stream is another very fine rod with a slower feel than the 10 pc. Other options in 4 pc for your requested length would work like lamiglas and the berkley buccaneers (fly rod versions..see past posts on those model varients). I have refinished many buccaneers and had fun learning without much $ invested.

Speaking of learning since 5 piece or more may not be as common would be to find a 3 piece rod or blank that is labeled a 2 or 3wt. Cut into a 6 or 8 piece and see what you get. Anglers roost or even some of the cheap imports may provide a good rod.

Anyway have fun. I certainly have in my pack rod journey. At the end of the day, it was never about the fish...