Lami 1502MH

[StriperHunter]

Hi everyone,

i have been reading and learning some off the best knowledge on this site for a while. i really enjoyed and loved it. i need some advice and idea on what i did on a lamiglas 1502mh blank.

I took off 5" off from 1502 mh tip. the tip size is 12 right now instead of size 9 tip out off the bag. i was wondering will 5" off the tip make this beautiful blank into a sweet and nice action 8-10 oz heaver + bait??

on the downside, i know that i will definitely lose some sensitivity, but i hope that i didn't lose too much sensitivity and power to turn a fish's head..wat do you guys think??:)

thank you very much.

regards
Jonathan

[phamf]

Generally Lamiglas rods are pretty sensitive in nature due to it's light weight blank.

Cutting off the tip would void the lifetime warranty.

I would suggest the GSB 162 1MH. I have that rod, and it's a beast with a 14 tip.


I also have the 1502mh rod like you, but even though it is rated 6-16, I bet it would be tough to cast anything over 10oz. The 1621mh will be able to cast it, without any mods.

[Mark G]

Hi everyone,

i have been reading and learning some off the best knowledge on this site for a while. i really enjoyed and loved it. i need some advice and idea on what i did on a lamiglas 1502mh blank.

I took off 5" off from 1502 mh tip. the tip size is 12 right now instead of size 9 tip out off the bag. i was wondering will 5" off the tip make this beautiful blank into a sweet and nice action 8-10 oz heaver + bait??

on the downside, i know that i will definitely lose some sensitivity, but i hope that i didn't lose too much sensitivity and power to turn a fish's head..wat do you guys think??:)

thank you very much.

regards
Jonathan

If you already did the deed, nothing to do now but try it. Let us know, it should help with the heavier weights but I don't know how it will play fish now. A few guys were taking 6" off the tip on the breakaway LDX (3-6oz) to turn it into an 8 & bait rod, and they seemed happy with the results.

Won't know if you don't try.

[basstardo]

I've heard a lot of builders clip 3" from the tip of the 1502 to help out with tossing 8nbait, but not 5". The thing about clipping the tip is that it's such a drastic change to the blank, you never know what's going to happen until you try it. Like Mark said, nothing you can do now but give it a shot. Tape some guides on and go at it. Let us know how it turns out. Personally, I would have clipped 3" first, tried it and if it didn't work, take another 1/2", try again and so on until I was happy with it.