[mojo]

Originally Posted by sesro1978

That's my understanding too- I've heard the 8', 5-wt DG is pretty smooth though. I haven't cast one but I have some good info. from a trusted source. I think the fiberglass rods are becoming a coveted item out there. I've been scouring the internet and essentially the Earth for on of these...now I'm nervously awaiting a reply to an email...wish me luck :-)

~Seth

Good luck on the Diamond Glass. If you don't get it, think about a McFarland or Steffan Brothers. I prefer the Mc Farland over the Steffan Bros. Steffan over the DG. Funny thing is I like the honey Lamiglass almost as much as the McFarland glass. Maybe because they're so slow and smooth.
Now there's other glass rod makers and builders too. T.L. Johnson has new glass rods out, Sweetgrass has Sam Druckman building glass rods for them. A little high priced for the blanks they use IMO.
If you have your heart set on a DG and don't get it, I would look at Steffan Bros if you like faster glass. Like Joni said DG and Steffan are S-glass (faster) and McFarland and Lamiglas are E-glass.
Now rumor has it, Reddington is going to come out with a glass rod or series of rods later this year.
Once you get one, you'll find you'll need another. Then another. etc. etc.

[Pocono]

Originally Posted by sesro1978

That's my understanding too- I've heard the 8', 5-wt DG is pretty smooth though. I haven't cast one but I have some good info. from a trusted source. I think the fiberglass rods are becoming a coveted item out there. I've been scouring the internet and essentially the Earth for on of these...now I'm nervously awaiting a reply to an email...wish me luck :-)

~Seth

A funny thing happened to me on Wednesday night. After fishing smallmouths for the past week or so on Sage's new Smallmouth rod (fantastic rod with the line that they provide), I decided to head out to my favorite local trout stream (Mud Run), to see if there were still any hungry trout in the 66 degree water. I reached for my favorite rod; a 9' 5 wt. Sage Z-axis, but as I reached for it, my hand kept travelling past it until it came to rest on my 7'6" Diamondglass 3 wt. I pulled it out of the rack, collapsed it down so that it would fit in the car and, just for safety, I went back to the rack and pulled out the Z-axis, collapsed it too, and put it next to the DG on the back seat.

When I got to the stream, I pulled out the DG, tied on an orange-bodied parachute sulfur (#14) and started to cast to the far side of the stream. Nice feel. Good distance (45-50') / really good accuracy. Nice fish! And another..... .and another. I went to one of my favorite wet flies (#14). Again, nice fish! On to a chernobyl ant (#10) - still casting well; a little more challenging on the back cast. But...another fish! On still further to a hopper (also #10). Getting more challenging on the back cast; a couple of tangles on the tall weeds behind me. But.... another couple of fish! Finally towards the end of the night, the Dobson flies were starting to come off - big flies! I tied on a Dobson imitation tied by my local fly shop (#6) and that's where the DG stopped working for me (others may still be able to cast it well wth that fly, but it's beyond me at this point). I headed back to the car to get I affectionately call "the cannon" (the Z-axis), but paused, cut the Dobson imitation off, tied on the #14 sulfur again and headed back down with the DG - and landed one more fish - in the dark!

Yes, I do know that a 3 wt. isn't made for chucking hoppers and certainly isn't made for casting anything the size of the Dobson imitation, but I wanted to test the limits of the rod; and at the same time to test my own limits casting the rod. For what it's designed for, the DG 7'6" 3 wt. is the best rod in its category that I own. I really like that rod. Glass can get you hooked!