Gentlemen: I am new to this website but it looks like a really good one. I want to build a conventional one-piece, nine foot, E-Glass fishing rod for tossing clams, herring, and blood worms for stripers and I need some advice on what blanks to consider.
The weights would range between 2 and 5 ounces (in a pinch, I might go as low as one). I do a fair amount of fishing (at least two weeks a year) of the off Plum Island Jetty in Newburyport, Mass. The jetty has degraded over time so that it is now mostly an elevated ridge of boulders extending some 400 or so yards out. It is a really treacherous footing and I usually have one or two minor spills a season.
I have been using a 7 1/2 convential rod based on the Sabre live bait E Glass coast buster blank. I like the rod but I need something a little longer and stiffer so that I can better manuver fish around boulders. I think a 9 foot rod would be ideal. Anything longer would be too awkward. While I want a stiffer rod, I don't want a broom stick either.
I want to use Eglass because of its durability. My current rod has gouge marks in it from prior spills. I also think that fiberglass's provides a "softer" cast which is less likely to lose bait on. Distance is not that critical but I seem to be able to easily cast 70 yards with the coast buster and I would not mind being able to do that with my new rod.
I do a lot of surf fishing on Cape Hattersas with graphite rods so I am familiar with graphite's advantages and disadvantages.
I would prefer a one piece rod and plan to transport it out to the jetty on my back with a sling. However, if anyone feels strongly about any two piece E-Glass blanks, I am open to suggestion.
I am considering getting a lami SB121 3M and cutting a foot off the butt. I spoke with a rod maker by phone and he also recommended the seeker PS85. I am also wondering about another seeker E Glass blank, the SSJ90, that might meet my needs at half the cost of the SB121.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Tom (aka Duckwump).
The weights would range between 2 and 5 ounces (in a pinch, I might go as low as one). I do a fair amount of fishing (at least two weeks a year) of the off Plum Island Jetty in Newburyport, Mass. The jetty has degraded over time so that it is now mostly an elevated ridge of boulders extending some 400 or so yards out. It is a really treacherous footing and I usually have one or two minor spills a season.
I have been using a 7 1/2 convential rod based on the Sabre live bait E Glass coast buster blank. I like the rod but I need something a little longer and stiffer so that I can better manuver fish around boulders. I think a 9 foot rod would be ideal. Anything longer would be too awkward. While I want a stiffer rod, I don't want a broom stick either.
I want to use Eglass because of its durability. My current rod has gouge marks in it from prior spills. I also think that fiberglass's provides a "softer" cast which is less likely to lose bait on. Distance is not that critical but I seem to be able to easily cast 70 yards with the coast buster and I would not mind being able to do that with my new rod.
I do a lot of surf fishing on Cape Hattersas with graphite rods so I am familiar with graphite's advantages and disadvantages.
I would prefer a one piece rod and plan to transport it out to the jetty on my back with a sling. However, if anyone feels strongly about any two piece E-Glass blanks, I am open to suggestion.
I am considering getting a lami SB121 3M and cutting a foot off the butt. I spoke with a rod maker by phone and he also recommended the seeker PS85. I am also wondering about another seeker E Glass blank, the SSJ90, that might meet my needs at half the cost of the SB121.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Tom (aka Duckwump).
I guess I will have to try some out. Thanks again. Tom
