Glass is not dead

I always was the carbon guy. The carbon blanks are light, fast, strong and you feel each tug to your bait.

Only for catfish rods I said composite is the best material because of its durability.

But then I saw some really cool pictures on Instagram of how a glass fly rod was build.

I was fascinated by the process and the finished rod. Clear blue blank, chrome guides and thread wraps which were becoming invisible during epoxy coating.

This was something I wanted to do by myself. So I ordered a cheap #3 glass blank, a grip, some guides and started wrapping.

For sure it wasn't my masterpiece, but fishing a rod you've build by yourself and catching fish with it makes much more fun.

Since then I prefer glass rods for my fishing, the carbon ones are in use only when I have no other choice.

The modern glass rods can't be compared with the old ones from the past our grandfathers used.

They are slim, light and durable as hell. Fighting a big fish on a glass rod makes so much fun because of the soft but powerful action.

Now I have a big arsenal of glass rods for various situations, because you can never have enough fishing rods.

So give glass a change #glassisnotdead