I used to fish lamaglas all the time in the late 70"s great rods still got a few HMG"s laying around but then i built a rod with a sage 9.0 med blank and was hooked lots of meat in the butt great sensitivitey in the tip kind of like the old fenwicks to bad they quit makeing rods other than fly i was lucky to get two more before they quit makeing them also built rods with G.Loomis blanks but allways thought they needed more meat in the butt section allways seamed to flex all the way to the cork i guess i just like a little meater rod if you ever happen on one for sell give it a try bone