Hi i have been looking for a rod and i was thinking about getting a lamiglas.I was looking at there 10'6 casting rod-8-12 3/8-3/4 has anybody fished this rod? and how is there breakage policy? anything you can tell me about them would be apreciated good or bad.

Thanks,
Nick

Great float rod, which is what it was designed for. The Certified Pro, Vedder Series was designed by the man that "wrote the book" on float fishing. I bought the rod earlier this season and I love it. The action is more to the medium side, which helps casting foat rigs.
Regarding Lamiglas' warrantee, it is among the best in the business, especially on their upper line rods (Cert. Pro, Esprite, Titanium, etc..).
The Loomis GL3 is nice also, but a little too fast action for a good float rod in my opinion. Not to mention they want about $130.00 more for the Loomis. Even if they were the same price, I'd still buy the Lamiglas.

You also might want to check into TH Custom Rods. I chose the TH 1264 over the Certified Pro. Still like my old Lamiglas. I think the Certified Pro has a lifetime warranty unlike my NW Special(1 yr). Maybe I'll get the Certified Pro next time. You may be able to get both for the price of a Loomis.

THEY SUCK!!! :p

Lamiglas has a very good warranty, we have had great results with them this year.
I like the 1263 from Rainshadow for a lighter action float rod. Sorry TM

Lamiglas has an excellent product and warranty I own 15 Lamiglas, 5 Loomis and 2 TH Rainshadow,s. With Shimmano taking full control of Loomis now (-Gary) I am starting to hear a lot of problems with rods not being replaced under warranty, and I think it will get worse. The 2 TH Rainshadow,s are great rods and TH has an Excellent warranty policy. My opinion Lami or Rainshadow.

The lami warranty rocks

I have broken three of there rods and they have replaced the broken section of each rod for a $10 shipping fee.

i've fished that rod a couple of times and really enjoyed it. pretty hard to beat. I also agree with everyone so far in saying they have a good waranty dept., when i worked in a sporting goods store a few years back, we had no problems in getting them to replace broken rods. sometimes they were a little slow, (during peak fishing seasons) but they made it a point to always take care of the customer. Of course i'm sure there have been some bad experiences, but in my opinion i'd give em a thumbs up.

Okie boy, are you going to fish floats exclusively with that 10 1/2 footer? If your planning on drift fishing or it being your all-around rod too, it might not be the best choice. I've got a lamiglas cert. pro in the 9 1/2" spinning version 6-10 lb.test as a replacement for a broken imx 1082s. Also have the lami. cert. pro 8-12 lb.test 9 1/2" baitcaster, I think the spin-rod is a bit stiffer than the baitcaster thou rated as a lighter action. As a drift rod my 8-12 seems a bit mushy, with poor transmitted feel on the tap..tap..tap of the lead. The 10 1/2 footer IMHO might be even more so....c/22

Best ALL-AMERICAN rod now that Loomis has been bought out.

i will be fishing float alot, and i have a 9'6 loomis 1143 but i want a longer rod and since loomis has been bought out i dont wanna do any business with them. I will be fishing the skagit exclusively so i need a longer rod and i think the 10'6 would be better.

I own a few lamiglass rods. One since I was a teenager over 15 years ago. They are great, but one thing to consider if you only have one rod is the down time if something happens to it. I had a problem with the last one I bought and had to send it in to get it replaced. You can miss a whole season waiting for it. Other rod manufactures will allow the stores to simply give you a new one right on the spot. For this reason I have been buying the Berkley IM7 from bi-mart. I am tough on rods especially my bank rods. If I ever have a problem even after stepping on one and breaking it or anything for that matter they simply hand you a new one. No rod is any good if it is not in your hand.