Glass Rod Question

[Paul Peixoto]

Anyone use glass rods for other specific tequniques? positives? negatives?

[MichiganFishing1997]

Treble hook baits, it keeps the fish pinned.

[Paul Peixoto]

thanks but i was wondering beside crankbaits if there is another option. i bought one on sale and i dont fish crankbaits a lot a my local pond

[MichiganFishing1997]

I like to use one of mine for spinnerbaits sometimes. Just make sure you use a low stretch line.

[smalljaw67]

I have a glass rod for cranking, I have fished spinnerbaits on it and it worked but it is too soft for me. That is pretty much it, there really isn't much feel to a glass rod plus they're heavier by a good bit over graphite rods, if graphite wasn't available then that would be the only way I'd use one for anything else.

[georgeyew]

I know that many people may not agree, but I use glass rods for everything. I like the flex of the rods and I don't feel that I am losing that much in sensitvity.

[SoCalFisher]

You can use any rod for anything. Glass rods just work BEST with treble hook baits. I personally only use them for crank baits. I prefer the sensitivity and action of graphite for everything else.

[Tartan34]

I use an XFT806 for my frog rod, and can throw smaller swimbaits with it.  

[Hooligan]

I know that many people may not agree, but I use glass rods for everything. I like the flex of the rods and I don't feel that I am losing that much in sensitvity.

You'd be wrong in feeling that. It isn't a matter of disagreement, it's a matter of fact. Fiberglass doesn't have anywhere near the transmission rate of graphite, period. Not to mention the weight offset, you're missing fish.

Couple that with the inherent flexibility of glass rods and you simply lack the power needed to drive large, single hooks home. In many, many cases, glass won't be capable of getting an adequate hook set on baits like a jig or heavy Texas rig.

Glass rods are ideally suited to moving baits, and not much more than that. There was a time when the worked well for fishing everything, but they were also built a lot different at that time.

[craww]

There's a spot near my home where a lake turns back into a river below a dam. There are smallies and largemouth, walking baits work great. Both species jump A LOT here. They also seem to slash at the bait often only getting a single rear treble in them. I'd lost a few nice fish this year on fast action graphite rods, drop the rod tip down, keep pressure on them, etc. They'd still throw the bait. Especially at the end of a long cast.

Since switching to a nice glass rod this no longer an issue. Yes its heavy. And the tip requires more work on my part to walk a bait (not THAT bad). Another suprise is if you get snagged and pull the bait free, that glass tip will send the bait rocketing into orbit.You really have to be mindful of that.

[georgeyew]

You'd be wrong in feeling that. It isn't a matter of disagreement, it's a matter of fact. Fiberglass doesn't have anywhere near the transmission rate of graphite, period. Not to mention the weight offset, you're missing fish.

Couple that with the inherent flexibility of glass rods and you simply lack the power needed to drive large, single hooks home. In many, many cases, glass won't be capable of getting an adequate hook set on baits like a jig or heavy Texas rig.

Glass rods are ideally suited to moving baits, and not much more than that. There was a time when the worked well for fishing everything, but they were also built a lot different at that time.

 

I do have graphite rods and I simply prefer the fiberglass. I guess that the way I fish, I don't use large hooks (I don't think that I own any).

[gravestone]

hooligan, IMO is spot on. Fiberglass FW blanks aren't made to the same specs as they were when glass was the only option and graphite and boron was in it's infant stages. { I was told that years ago by a lamiglas rep.}

The SW blanks are still basically the same. While I don't use any glass rods in FW I did use them in SW. I even have a glass 9' surfrod I built for throughing redfins and bombers.

[Fishes in trees]

I don' like fiberglass rods for any bass fishing application.  Mostly I think that they weigh too much and  my wrist/elbow/fore arm start to hurt after a half an hour of so of crank bait fishing.  Maybe if I was younger and had finely honed fishing reflexes, I would appreciate the "forgiving" qualities of fiberglass.  As I have come to this opinion over the past 10 years, I have talked myself into buying several medium priced fiberglass rods, made for crank bait fishing.   I just don't like them.

 

On a positive note, fiberglass crank bait rods make great catfishing rods, when you are using circle hooks.  All you have to do is tighten up, no hook setting is involved at all, and if you do get anxious and try to set the hook, well, you aren't going to move the hook that far. 
 

[Chris007]

I started using glass MH 7' rods for cranking only and it made a big difference in my hook-ups....lost to many fish with graphite rods......I use graphite on everything else...... simple!! no more missed fish.....

 

tight lines guys...........

[roadwarrior]

Well, my only glass rod is a Lamiglas SR705R. It was designed by Skeet Reese for

deep diving crankbaits. I have mine saddled with a CTE200GT/ Kanzen #30/ Tatsu

#20 leader.

[einscodek]

My glass rod is the king of topwater.. gives all my topwater super action walkin.

When I'm going topwater stick baits 1oz or less.. I whip out my glass rod!