1 oz lures, which rod?

Hi there!

I am a swede in Boston that herd a lot of good things about Lamiglas rods to steelhead and salmon. I will mostly fish in open big water with lures around 1 oz.
Which rod should I choose? I am thinking abot G1307, with 3/4 oz in lureweight. Will this be to weak? For example I have heard that St Croix often is littel bit stiffer than they are marked. You can cast heavier lurez. But what about Lamiglas, are they stiff or weak?

The reel I will use is a Daiwa Fuego 2500.

Thanks for helping out!

/Linus


The 1307 will do great for

The 1307 will do great for your application. I think our rods are rated pretty close to what they will do. But that rod can be stretched a bit to handle 1oz.

Josh Cooper
Lamiglas Rod Squad Guru

Ok, thanks a lot! The G 1307

Ok, thanks a lot!

The G 1307 cost almost just as much as the St Croix Avid series. Are there any expert that can tell my why I should choose a lamiglas insted of a St Croix.
I seems that you can find the Lamiglas rods cheaper than the St croix.

Thanks again!

No one that have a opinion in

No one that have a opinion in the battle between St Croix and Lamiglas?

There's no battle I'm aware

There's no battle I'm aware of, the St Croix rods I've used are probably an ok rod in the Midwest or other places that only use them as boat rods or float rods, in this area of the country you only have to hit the water to be fishing because of their slow , low graduate water conditions.
Here in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska where the water speeds are higher we use drifted baits and the other techniques that wouldn't work there, so we need a tip with a bit more finesse built in and a butt that will control a fish in heavy current. We don't want throw off our tender baits during the cast. This means we need a rod that's thought out a bit better, the rods from St Croix and some others have to stiff a tip in my opinion, but if all your throwing is hardware they will work fine.
All you have to do if decide what kind of action you need, and how much you want to spend.

No one knows as much as all of us.

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