Northwest Fishing Reports

Anybody ever use or own one of these? The reason I ask is because my wife got me one for Father's Day. No complaints here, I'm always up for a new toy! It's a G200 9' 5 weight. The blank is thin, light and has a gorgeous deep blue gloss finish. It has a standard uplocking reel seat and cork grip. I wasn't real big on the small, single foot guides, as I'm accustomed to the double foot oversized guides. I thought they would presently casting problems. I mounted an extra Sage 1201 reel on it, spooled with SA Wet Cel Type IV sink line.

I spent three days with it while fishing a local lake filled with 14-16" char. Despite it's light weight, It's an incredibly smooth caster, even with the small single foot guides, full sink line and weighted nymphs. The butt section is plenty strong for long casts and mid-sized fish, while the tip section's moderate action provided for great action on these deep diving, head shaking fish! I had a blast with it, getting a couple dozen char, and was asking myself why I hadn't bought one sooner. It was a fun little rod to fish! From what I've seen thus far, it would be a great trout stream rod or, in my case, grayling stream rod with a reel/line change!

The drawbacks are it's no longer made in the USA and only comes with a 1-year limited warranty. I believe their G1000 rods are still made in the USA (Woodlawn, WA?) and have a lifetime warranty. I saw Lamiglas rods at nearly every sporting goods store in WA state, base BXs and PXs included, yet never gave them second thought.

I have a Lamiglas Traveler Series 9' 5wt that I usually run with Type IV sinking line for stillwater. It's a great medium action rod. I've landed more fish with this rod than with my Sage and 2 TFOs combined.

I built one a couple of years back. It was a 7 1/2', 3 piece 5 weight. I built it on the Lamiglas honey colored fiberglass blank. I wound up selling it for WAY TOO cheap and now I kick myself for having done so. It was a really sweet casting rod. Now I really wish I had it back.

Lamiglas has been in business at their Woodland, WA location for as long as I can remember. Growing up it was usually a Fenwick or a Lamiglas rod that was in my hand while fishing. They make good, dependable rods and are usually priced well for what you receive.