Rod making supplies suggestions?

06-04-2001, 10:53 AM

I've convinced myself after reading a book about rod building that it doesn't seem all that tough as long as I have the patience.

Where in the Portland Metro area are the best places to buy the needed equipment. I've heard that Lamiglas has seconds at their office in Woodland (?), but I am concerned about the longevity of the rod. How "seconds" are these rods? I'm not flush with cash so $20 for a potentially great rod blank sounds incredibly enticing.

Thanks for any info.

Firedog · 06-04-2001, 03:07 PM

Fobb, Anglers workshop is a great place. I also get a lot of my parts and handles from D&E rods in battleground, htey have the loomis trigger seats that I like so I use them, they also have a discontinued blank page on thier website where you can get Loomis blanks for cheap. Fishermans shack in Monmouth also has good prices. There is also a guy in Creswell that deals in Blanks that are very cheap. Can't remeber his name. I build a lot of rods and those are my sources. I get most of my stuff mail order if I dont have time to go up and get it. Also try Great american Tackle in Clackamas, Gary has a little bit of stuff and also teaches classes on rod building. OK enough plugs for all these tackle shops [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] http://www.dnerods.com/ http://www.**************.com/index.htm

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ampersat · 06-04-2001, 04:30 PM

is there any place closer in to portland to get parts and pieces? i'd love to use a lami but don't want to shell the bucks for one. a 2 piece blank and some pieces would do me just fine. if not, i can head up to there on a rainy day or maybe just get his catalog and have it all shipped to me.

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 06-04-2001, 11:04 PM

Fobb- I say go for it.

I went down to Lami last week before the floatilla to get 2 rods warranty-ed. They had prototype rods for $45 that were ready to fish. I saw the blank bin. Looked like most of the blanks were around $25 I think picking a blank is like picking a pool stick, but maybe TH or other experienced rod builders can help out with suggestions. Yes, they are located in Woodland: South of the Kalama River exit which is 32, but I don't know Woodland's exit number. It's easy to get to.

Bait O' Eggs · 06-04-2001, 11:05 PM

Fobb - I been buying those lami 2nds from a place in Kalama. I think he calls himself the rod shop, I call him iron lung, ever seen a guy smoke two cigarettes at the same time. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

I had one break out of 3 poles which he replaced for free, but since it was a butt section I was out the cork (more than the rod). After picking up the blank, I stop by anglers workshop in woodland on the way back to Portland and get the parts and pieces I need.

The last rod I built a little cheaper by buying used eyes from the place I got the blank at. They were $0.10 each for perfectly good used hardaloy (sp) eyes. It beat about $1.50/each at anglers workshop. They fish just fine, that is the rod I was using last week shad fishing with you.

There are lots of places to buy the components from. Even TH sells the parts so you can do it yourself. I dont know the names and terminoligy well enough to order with any confidence. For example I put a size 17 reel seat on my rod. A 16 or 18 would have worked also, but I just have no idea without picking one up and looking at it. Same thing with sizes of cork etc etc..

Good luck, let me know if you want to use my rod holder for wrapping one. It has about 20 poles done on it now, when you get confused you can just ask it for help. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Pete · 06-04-2001, 11:05 PM

The place in Woodland is next door to the Lamiglass place ... it's called the Angler's Workshop. If nothing else, it's worth seeing what they have because their selection is so big ... lots of neat tools to help with various tasks in rod building, too.

They are on line, but I prefer their catalog for browsing.
http://www.anglersworkshop.com/main.htm

NWRedside · 06-05-2001, 06:05 AM

If your ever down south, try Glen Wicks in Cresswel. I don't have his number handy, but if you do a search on the board with his name, you'll find it. There was a similar thread last year about him. I've used him for about ten rods so far, and have been happy with the blanks so far. If one ever breaks, he'll give you all new parts to rebuild it, including the cork, etc...