A friend of mine wants me to build a lamiglas rod for pulling plugs for steelhead.he wants a medium action in the 6'-6'6" range any suggestions?

Tell him to go with a 7' one piece, like the IMP-844. I have made and am in the process of making a similar rod on an older Lamiglas blank. I love it, and so does everyone I have made one for.

Plug pulling for steelhead is much different from crankbait fishing, the rods are in rodholders and placed near horizontal in the boat so correct tip action is of utmost importance to maximize the wobble of the bait and to be able to read when the plug is fouled by grass, etc. in the water. The IMP-844 mentioned while a good blank, doesn't work as optimum as say the MHX HS9600-2 from Mudhole would, I mentioned the 2 piece as your client was going so short as if storage would be a problem. Not knowing what he is pulling kind of hampers things as there are many styles and sizes of steelhead plugs. As not all bass plugs can be fished well on one rod, neither can all steelhead plugs.
You could always try one of the 2 or 3 power spin jig blanks from Lamiglas to get decent action in a short rod, Todd Vivian at Mudhole could help as he is intimately educated in all things Lamiglas,



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2012 11:39AM by Spencer Phipps.

thanks for the replies.he mainly pulls hot shots and i am about to start a build on a hs981 i think it would fit the bill i just need to get him to relize he probably wont find a blank that meets his needs that is quit that short

Spencer, what State do you fish for Steelhead in? I am in WA, where we have very fast rivers. Just curious. :>)