Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Nice! Lamiglas, supposed to be good rods. An inshore baitcaster?

what is the chemical that brings back the bright color of the cork?  it's an acid of some type.  a dry powder.

Acetone sure seems to do the trick if it won't ruin the blank. But let's be honest I kinda like the worn in cork look. I just like it a lot more when it's my hand oils etc

ah, it's oxalic acid!!!

Quote from: Gfish on July 10, 2026, 03:38:34 AMNice! Lamiglas, supposed to be good rods. An inshore baitcaster?

Looks like a steelhead/salmon river casting rod.  It is a Pacific NW thing. Never did it myself, but seen plenty of the rods. Moderate taper, not too stiff.  I think that they were mostly use for chucking bait like blobs of roe for spawning salmon and steelhead, but some lure tossing too.  A typical reel might be something like an ABU 6500. 

I'll  bet it came from somewhere in the Pacific NW.

-J

Better guess.
Maybe stained with salmonid roe...?
People here sometimes surprise me, seemingly so concerned with cosmetic aspects of rods and reels. Old beaters have CHARACTER.

Supposedly fast taper per my limited research but it's still got a bit of wiggle to it, maybe it's been bent a lot. From mount Rainier region. These seem to fetch quite a bit on the 'bay.

This will probably become a light surf caster. I'd say maybe a good bass rod for putting some distance on some lures but everywhere I fish for bass is far too brushy to cast with something this long.

I think I'll add this to the queue. By the time I get to it I'll have decided if I wanna strip it or just clean it up.

Not sure why this is not more common, but...

I have always used "fast orange" hand cleaner to keep cork grips clean and new looking.

Cork,....because its not slippery when wet.  That doesn't  work if it is covered in filth.  Nor does the plastic shrink wrap that comes on them.....lol.

I don't do the "cork sealer" stuff either.....

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on July 10, 2026, 11:37:58 AMSupposedly fast taper per my limited research but it's still got a bit of wiggle to it, maybe it's been bent a lot. From mount Rainier region. These seem to fetch quite a bit on the 'bay.

This will probably become a light surf caster. I'd say maybe a good bass rod for putting some distance on some lures but everywhere I fish for bass is far too brushy to cast with something this long.

I think I'll add this to the queue. By the time I get to it I'll have decided if I wanna strip it or just clean it up.

Yeah, salmon fishermen in the PNW are pretty strong on the theory that a rod has to be really bendy to to be optimal for salmon.  The idea is that it will help slow down the widening of the hook hole as salmon mouths are not that hard.  The blank might be fast in the sense  that the tip bends first because it is very light (good for sensitivity when baiting salmon on a river), but once you get past the tip bend, the rest of the blank is typically more moderate.

I must have played with a few back in the day, but I have no recollection of it.  I am curious how it might work as a beach snook rood to throw lighter lures.

-J