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Well I picked up this vintage fenwick for the beach.

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Riffling Hitch	Well I picked up this vintage fenwick for the beach.	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 497 (06/04/09 10:01:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This is quite a stick. 12' long with each section over 6'. You should see the butt on this one. I got a vintage penn 750ss to go with it. Now I just need to learn how to cast this one or set up a sun shade with it.
harleydeen		#1	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 389 (06/04/09 11:34:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That is very, very similiar to the lamiglass outfits we would build up here (when I worked for Gregs Custom Rods) for clients who used this big style of sticks to drive down to the Columbia to fish for Sturgeon below the Bonneville Dam... I'm not familiar with the reel though. Are they pretty stout? Tight Lines, Harley Lk. Stevens, Wa.
Riffling Hitch		#2	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 499 (06/04/09 17:06:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I stopped at anglers workshop and lamiglas on my way through a month or so ago and they still sell the glass lami blanks like this. When I was living in pullman they also fished for strugeon with surfcasting rods below the dam on the snake river. I never saw one landed but talked to some divers that said that they are huge down there. The penn reel is a tank and has their big game drag in it. Back in the early 80's this was probably a top end setup. Russell
waynebh		#3	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 229 (06/05/09 12:59:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Russell; Man! That one robust looking blank, how thick is the butt? Wayne
harleydeen		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 391 (06/05/09 13:45:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yeah those Columbia sturgeon fisherman get real serious about their gear...I've had to build several Lamiglass 15'ers in one piece. The customer showed up to pick up the finished rod in his subaru station wagon and strapped it to the top of the car. These builds they would request us to build the handle area using rope instead of cork or hyplon....very durable, just a pain to build!!! Tight Lines, Harley Lk. Stevens, Wa.
Cornmuse		#5	[-]
Posts: 828 (06/06/09 12:55:09) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've got an 11.5' Lami one-piece with the same Penn 750ss. It was my surf striper outfit and it's tossed many an 18" live eel skewered on a size 7/0 hook to its demise. Back in the late 70's, when I fished there daily, stripers were rare but bluefish were quite common. I'll bet my rod has 500 blues to it's tally along with several dozen linesides including my personal best 42lb fish from Scusset Beach (or there-bouts, I'm not getting specific even 30 years later). You've got a fine surf outfit that will serve you well. Just remember that the forces involved in casting more than a pound of lead and bait - or several ounces of tin squid - will shatter most graphite designs on the first launch. Rods like this are built for very serious work and are capable of beating fish bigger than the fisherman. Take it to a beach and let it show you what it can do! Joe C. "Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau Visit www.flyfishohio.com for great fly fishing and fly tying articles, the "Adventures in Fly Tying" monthly video podcast and the "Adventures in Fly Fishing" monthly audio podcast. The Midwest isn't a place you fly over to get to good fishing - it's right here in our own backyards. Think globally - fish locally.
flyboy912		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 315 (06/06/09 22:25:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Rods like this, my biggest is 15', need a lot of gear and a way to haul it. I rigged up a collapsible aluminum golf cart with a milk carton on the bottom and a 5gal. bucket above it. On the milk carton is strapped pvc rod holders in each corner. The bucket holds the typical stuff all surf fisherman need to carry. Really nifty rig. Now, if I can just get to the beach.
Riffling Hitch		#7	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 503 (06/07/09 21:56:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Wayne, this thing is 1 1/8" before it heads into the last grip. I have a windsurfer mast in the back that is not much bigger. I was hoping all I needed was a few weights and some bait but all my fishing equipment seems to need much more than first thought. I hope I do not need a golf cart though because I might have to take up golf to justify it. And there is a whole lot more equipment to go there. Russell
flyboy912		#8	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 316 (06/07/09 22:30:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I have to admit, my golf cart rod and bucket cart has been highly modified. I doubt that many would recognize it as to it's former occupation. I also have to suggest (though I have nothing against golf) that in it's present form it is answering to a higher calling.

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