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Had some good weather out at Neah Bay this past weekend.
Landed a 24lb ling on my CG-90DR and thought it handled it well.
I run Penn 310GT's on these rods.
However, after rebaiting and resetting I had a double header on and
ended up landing a 45lb and a 50lb halibut on the same CG-90's.
Rods were well past their rated working load but seemed to have
juuuust enough power to lift them off the bottom and milk them to the
surface slowly.
Just wanted to let you guys know that these old CG-90's have earned
some serious respect from the fellas on my crew and myself too.
They are going to be retired to backup rods after Kings and Silvers this
year in favor of a pair of XCC 1064's.
Also boated a couple decent Hali's @ 53lbs and 82lbs on your WC-5610
as well. That rod whooped em with ease. Great action on that blank.
Only question I have on the 5610 is: Why isn't the 1st guide farther back on the blank?
I noticed when a big hali runs back down and loads the rod, the line will lay down and
touch the front of the grip. More importantly, my hand.
Thanks for building quality rods I can afford guys!
Hello
That is a good question. It is something we can look in to for sure on the guide spacing. I thank you for the feed back on the CG 90's. For the money you can not find a rod that fishes better for most any boat Salmon application. You are going to Love the XCC's they are awesome Trolling and down rigger rods for sure. Thanks for the support.
Jason H
Lamiglas Fishing Rods
I love the action on the 5610 for sure, but the rear guide is too far forward for a good drag setting.
I fish that rod with a Penn 113H at around 20-22lbs of drag, and even with a respectable spool height, once that guide starts to roll down with the blank, the 80lb braid gets uncomfortably close to my hand. When the fish is taking drag (doesn't happen often) it scars my glove.
In my opinion, the guide spacing down the blank is right on, the line stays off the blank under load.
I think having one more guide smack in the middle of where the decorative wraps are, just an inch or so ahead of very end of the grip would be dead on perfect. Maybe one size taller than the current 1st guide too.
Is it possible to post a pic in these forums? I have a really good photo of the rod loaded up on a fish.