Hi: I have a 3pc double-handed 12'6" Lamiglas "engineered graphite" fly rod that I built from a blank around 1980/1. It's been a great rod, and it still is great despite its age and a ferrule accident many years ago. I have tried longer rods, but after an unhappy decade, I want to start using it again, for Spey casting this time around. Unfortunately, most of the info decal on the butt section has rubbed off. I can just about make out "GSF1503", and "6 1/4 oz"., but not the AFTM rating. I seem to remember it's an AFTM#9 or #10. I measured its test curve at around 950gms, and it looks like a tip-to-middle action. I wonder if you guys have any old factory records, and could maybe give me the AFTM rating and any other useful information/suggestions on this fine old rod? Thanks. Tony
Hi: I have a 3pc double-handed 12'6" Lamiglas "engineered graphite" fly rod that I built from a blank around 1980/1. It's been a great rod, and it still is great despite its age and a ferrule accident many years ago. I have tried longer rods, but after an unhappy decade, I want to start using it again, for Spey casting this time around. Unfortunately, most of the info decal on the butt section has rubbed off. I can just about make out "GSF1503", and "6 1/4 oz"., but not the AFTM rating. I seem to remember it's an AFTM#9 or #10. I measured its test curve at around 950gms, and it looks like a tip-to-middle action. I wonder if you guys have any old factory records, and could maybe give me the AFTM rating and any other useful information/suggestions on this fine old rod? Thanks. Tony