A word about IM6. Good rods are built from IM6, IM7, IM8 and every other pre-preg (resin impregnated fabric) that's been on the graphite rod market since 1973. It's about rod design much more than which fabric is used in the rod's manufacture. As one poster mentioned, the old Fenwick Eglass FC or FS83 still is a good performing rod. For that matter, any angler worth the label can fish spoons effectively with an old yellow Eagle Claw 8' 2" powerlight, although the new tip over butt ferrules and trigger grip reel seats are a nice modern convenience.
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Yeah, that.
I wish I had a G.Loomis IM6 driftrod, Ken Wiebe trigger/handle, single inlaid turns in the wraps and quite possibly wrapped by Gary's wife. Yep, true.
Marketing has a way of drumming out the other stuff so your stuff will sell. It shapes opinions, just as it is intended.
If IM6 is OK, then IM7 must be better. Hell IM8 has to be the bees knees !
Side note...
I always understood that the Fenwick Steelhead series (FS) to be of Fenglas which I believe was Fenwick's trade name for S Glas.
Fenglas and E glas were always clearly delineated in any Fenwick printed material.
Fenglas blanks were a different color than Fenglas factory built rods.
The blanks felt quicker to me and perhaps they were from a more advanced process, I don't know.
Lamiglas S Glas never seemed as quick as Fenglas, IMO.
Yep, 1973....the birth year of the graphite fishing rod.
We can thank Don Green and Fenwick for that event.
Fast forward to 1988.
Jim @ Angler's Workshop said to me one day....
"If you want anymore US Fenwick blanks, you had better grab them now. Fenwick just announced they're going overseas."
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