Want To build A Kokanee Rod I troll And use Downriggers

Posted on: Fri, 07/17/2009 - 09:06

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Want To build A Kokanee Rod I troll And use Downriggers

Lookig To build a Light Weight Fresh Water Kokanee Rod, I need one about 7' long I troll off of Downriggers I don't know to much About Rod blanks. I have built rods in the past but there as been many changes over the years Kokanee fishing as its special needs when it comes to rods they need to be very light weight because of the kokanee soft Mouth , they have to ability to get off the hook can anyone abvise me as to the blank. I see lamiglass is in the spot light alot but if there is any good blank I need to get the blank Id number I get lost when Looking at all those numbers
Thank You Stan

S E Klagenberg

Posted on: Tue, 09/22/2009 - 23:36 #1

Ron Kerns

Joined: 2009-07-29

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I'm looking for the same

I'm looking for the same information. How about it Lamiglas. do you have a recommedation? Thanks

Posted on: Thu, 09/24/2009 - 16:31 #2

R.Taylor

Joined: 2009-06-22

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I would reccomend the same

I would reccomend the same blanks that we build our Kokanne rods on. For 7 ft I would say the IFW 84 2UL would work well, however it is graphite. In a glass blank the closest we would have would be in the fiberglass fly lineup. We build our FC 76 UL Kokanne downrigger rod on the The FL 904-1.
We offer the CG 70 DR (Also a kokanne downrigger rod) as a built rod, it is 7' and you can pick it up for quite a good price at most retailers.

Ryan Taylor
Lamiglas Rod Squad Guru