anyone happen to have a butt section to a berkley series one steelhead rod medium heavy that they dont use and might want to get rid of it????? I broke mine today in a freak thing with a buck coho.. if you do answer here or email me..... (jeswade@yahoo.com)

You should contact the company and inquire to get it replaced. I broke one of thier IM7'S that was past the warranty and for about 30$ plus shipping they sent me a new one. Email me if you need the address or phone #.

made overseas.. dupport american workers and buy american!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!

Rob.... and everything you buy is american made????/

Contact Bob Gooding at Olympic Sporting Goods at 360-374-5313. He has lots of rods that are broken laying aroung.

Pat not always no but when i can i certainly do. I have been in manufacturing my whole life and being in the sport fishing manufacturing bussiness (rods) i can tell you that american manufacturers are the reason there are good fishing rods on this planet. I just recommend to people that if they want good rods in the future it's a good idea for them to support companies who make their rods in America.. If nothing else buy one considering it a favor to me.. Lamiglas for instance has a serios of rods that are built in America by American workers and is as good or better that any overseas rod And is only a couple dollars more. To me supporting a local company even though technically they are a competitor is a good idea.

for your information the IM blanks are the same as loomis's IM blanks!!!!

I have a butt section for a med heavy Series One rod. you are looking for the original "uni-directional graphite" right? What is it worth to ya??
I might even have two???

Fastwater-- Don't know where you got your info on the Berkley Series One rods blanks being the same as G. Loomis' blanks. That is not the case. G. Loomis blanks are all made in Woodland. Berkley's blanks are not.

While G. Loomis does make some private-label rods, Berkley's are made in China.

I'm not putting down the Berkley product. I have several, and I like them. But G. Loomis quality they're not.

Keith

KJ, the IM rod and the series one rod are different blanks the im rods loomis use to make which were the original IM1141 which I stiil have a few were bought from the same manufacturer their was a big battle at loomis about the price they were paying for the blanks versus berkely's price cut,where the manufacturer informed loomis if they bought 200,000 blanks like berkely they would get a price break also. I absolutely agree any berkely rod is not comparable to the loomis rods but I also find that those berkelys come in hand also. Berkeley use to make a IM6 rod that was absolutely the most sensitive rod I have ever owned and would die to still have one but like every thing else its a supply and demand scenerio and got discontinued!!!

jtd i sent you an email...........

Right back at ya!

So if I have a foreign made rod would you consider that a personal insult?

I have one of those Series Ones that is over 20 years old. One of my favorites.

Gutz No ofcourse it;s nt an insult.

I don't have a butt section that I want to part with, but I do have a MH, rated 10-20, lightly used (maybe 10 times) series one that I would part with if you are interested in a complete rod.

yep..... what you want for it??????/

ya, what do you want for it..

I sent you both a PM. Get back to me via PM or email if interested

dont want to sound like a cheapo, but 75 dollars sounds like alot when i can get a new berkley for jus over 65 $$$ + shipping..

That would be for an AIR IM7. This is a "Series One" which they no longer make. The Series One retailed for close to $100 when they sold them around 10 years ago.

Suprised you don't know the difference since you were asking about it.

How long is it Stadle?
Or are they all 8 1/2?
Baitcaster or spinning?
Visa or Mastercard?

Gutz,

Not all are 8.5, but most. I had one that was 8'3" and heard they made some 10.5 for float fishing in BC, but have never found one of those. This is a casting model, and I have never seen a spinning in the series one steelhead rod.

I will take the poor man's visa or mastercard