Hello all,
I've had a Lamiglas MB108 3M honey colored fiberglass rod for about two years now. Somewhere in its history the tip was broken so a new tiptop was put on it. The rod is now a few inches short of it's 9' length.
The old guides are in decent shape but I'm thinking of replacing them when I strip everything down to fix the spacing issue and reposition guides for the new characteristics of an unprofessionally shortened blank.
This rod is currently paired with a pristine Spinfisher 700 with upgraded CF washers.
What guides would you recommend that retain a classic look but have some benefit of modern technology?
I will probably only use mono on this rod.
EBay is chock full of Fuji hardloy guides. Kinda retro but not quite ancient.
Or just go with fuji LY guides and L series runners.
Lovely find. I want one
I like single foot guides on light spinning rods, improves the action too. If it's a wall hanger and you want it original you can find those guides on Ebay
honey-Lami is titanium-worthy -- take a look at Recoil:
https://reelseats.com/collections/recoil-single-foot-spinning-casting-guides
Thank you all for the suggestions.
The reason I haven't done anything to this rod yet is because of my internal conflicts.
I really love the vintage look when paired with the old spinfisher. It is a thing of beauty. If I refurbish it to stay vintage looking, I would still want to break it out to soak the line a few times and would want it to be very functional.
The other side of me thinks this is a great blank and needs to be given the modern touch and fished hard.
I have 2 1/2 years until I'm back in the US, so I have time to kick ideas around before setting down one path over the other.
I tend to think those recoil guides will keep this looking period perfect while letting me continue to fish it. I may not have as many setups as lots of folks on here (John, I'm looking at you) but I have more than enough modern rods to get any job done.
I need to do some more reading on those recoil guides
Nick
I have a few sets of brand new Fuji of the old aluminum oxide type with glow-in-dark shock rings they used in the 70-90's. Not sure if they're too heavy for this blank but I'd happily send you a set if you like- I think I cobbled together 5-6 sets years ago and have yet to use one. I think 50-30-20-16-12-12 as I recall. You could single wrap them (with finish) as sort-of temporary build until you decide finally. Lemme know- I owe you one on the reel seats!
My 2 cents , Build it so you can fish it .
Quote from: oldmanjoe on December 19, 2021, 03:46:25 PM
My 2 cents , Build it so you can fish it .
Yep. Maybe black Fuji V-frame torzite or something- whatever the new BSVLG is...braid ready but still look retro, vs. K frame. Wrap to match the reel. You are of course welcome to my Fuji's, they are just heavy, being v frame with a center brace. Durable tho.