I simply love fishing Glass-rods.... Nostalgic old pr... Mmmm could be....
I love the tranquility of casting them and the feeling deep into the blank when drilling a fish (even the smaller ones)....
All over the world there are many Glass-adepts and there are many Glass-communities... Take a look at Cameron Mortensons blog
http://thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.nl or on the fiberglassflyrodders forum...
http://fiberglassflyrodders.comYou'll see it's not only the older guys who are into it, but a great deal of the young and coming are re-discovering the fine qualities of the material....
I can't imagine rod builders keeping production lines up and running only for a few weirdoes...
And development of the material didn't stop in the late 70-ties...
Maybe a coincidence but I'm waiting for my Kabuto blank to be released from customs... Will be my first rod that I'm going to build myself.... (just really hard to get the nice guides over here....
)... If it comes out halve as good as yours I would be very happy...
Here I'm casting a '70ties Fenwick full-glass rod.... Luckily thing went on since then. Rods aren't as 'wobbely' and slow anymore and they are a great deal lighter....
(oh and by the way... I fish Graphite, Boron, Cane and.... too....
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