ET 108-9 4 piece as a spin/fly rod?

I was looking at getting a ET 108-9 and setting it up like this: Use a Fuji concept single foot Ti/sic 30mm stripper guide, then 20mm,10mm,8mm, Then add two 7mm concept fly ti/sic then finish out with four 6mm concept fly Ti/sic. I was planning on putting TWO reel seats on the rod. One fly seat as normal, then about 8 inches in front of that a spinning reel seat. Cork in between. Now the questions I had were these. Will that set up void the Lamiglas warrenty? What weight lures will it throw? I've tried my 8wt Thomas and Thomas Horizon with a spinning reel taped to the handle and I was amazed that it would load with just a 1/8 ounce roostertail. It tossed a 1/4 ounce lure a country mile despite the line slap from the pure fly guides I have on it. On my Lamiglas ET 108-9 I would mount a 4000 size Shimano. Line would vary from 20 braid all the way down to 4 mono. I think it would still be very good as a fly rod even with those guides. Trying to think outside the box here.

I'm a disabled guy in a wheelchair and fish from the bank/docks/ here in Kentucky for bass/panfish/catfish. A longer rod really comes in handy when your not able to move around much. Lets you cover much more territory. Puts you further out from the bank when fishing a creek bank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! BillyR


The fly blank you are looking

The fly blank you are looking at is our fastest action fly blank we make. I have seen it built as a spinning rod with great success. They will cast 1/8 to about 1/2 oz. pretty well. Your plan looks like a good one to me. No voiding of the warranty.

Josh Cooper
Lamiglas Rod Squad Guru

Thats the news I wanted to

Thats the news I wanted to hear about the warranty and how fast the blank was. I ordered the blank today and I'm looking foward to building this rod. Thanks for you fast reply. BillyR

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