Lamiglas 705R ?

[stkbassn]

I've been wanting the Skeete Reese version of this rod (the famous yellow rod)...there's a guy who makes these custom that I found on Ebay, makes them with micro guides and appears to be the same blank.....looks like a great rod...price is good too.

 

However, does Lamiglas make one now that compares or is the same version of this rod, just updated?

 

I saw the Pro X rod on TW but it's $199...I'll buy a Powell before I spend $200....

 

Thanks!

[roadwarrior]

I sold my original to a friend and Alpster built me a new rod with the SR705R blank.

The blanks also come in black, which is what I have. The custom build is split grip

with spiral guides. He built this rod for me for free, but parts still came in around $200.

[21farms]

lamiglas has said that the BMB-841 S-glass blanks used in the SR705R and XCF705R (same rod just different colors) are no longer made because they cannot source the S-glass anymore. i've read that the E-glass versions of the blank are still very nice. that length/power/taper is very popular for lamiglas and lami does a good job at duplicating the power and taper across their 705R factory rods (including the excel XL-705R) although they use different materials. the pro-X 705R is composite, not purely fiberlgass. btw, i've seen the ones on ebay and they look great...in fact, i would actually prefer them to my SR705R and XCF705R because the factory rods don't have that exposed blank in front of the trigger.

[stkbassn]

Thanks for the replies guys, this is helpful. I just want to be sure I'm picking up the correct rod when I decide to do it...hopefully soon. Spent so much lately and owe jb for a reel at the end of the week too

I would prefer a longer rod than the 7' version but I think it will work well enough for deep cranks. I just like a longer rod for launching cranks... I wish I had bid on the 7'6 that was on Ebay a while back....that was ideal for me.

[21farms]

at one time, i had the lamiglas SR765R (the 7'6" version of the skeet reese SR705R). i bought it expecting to be able to totally launch lipless cranks and swimbaits but was totally surprised i couldn't cast it any farther than the 7'0" version...i have absolutely no idea why because my powell 765cb was absolutely killer on distance compared to my 7'0" cranking rods.

[stkbassn]

Powell is great. I love their rods, period. I may get that 804 Endurance for cranks instead of the Lamiglas...I had the Powell 7'11 Composite deep cranking rod that TW sells exclusively and wish I hadn't sold it. I can get that Endurance a lot cheaper right now though and I think it will do the job well.....should throw some swimbaits too....I just got an 8 foot swimbait rod recently though so I have swimbaits covered! lol.