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| What are your thoughts on G-Loomis rods?? Pros or Cons please
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | I got one for X Mas from the wife, only had it out casting a mag for snow muskies. So far I like it |
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Location: New Brighton, MN | Pros=Great rods. arguably the best big brand out there...
Cons=one of the most expensive out there. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I'm a Sage guy, but am building my first Loomis for myself in the next month or so. No problems with them whatsoever. Don't know that I've heard the first bad thing about them. Excellent warrantee service, and their quality is top notch for sure.
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Location: north west wisconsin | love mine |
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Location: New London, MN | I love mine too. I think the only downfall would be the price...... |
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Location: WI | I picked mine up on a clearance rack..so it cost me less than a St Croix.  I like it a lot. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I think though, that with the price, you're buying the excellent service and an American made product, amongst the other benefits like all the R&D that went into the rods, and the nicer appointments. You get what you pay for, and I'd have to say Loomis is worth it if you can afford it.
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| i have 2 Loomis bucktail rods and I love them. We'll see some longer rods in the fall which will be nice. I heard they will have an 8 and a 8 1/2 coming out. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | I have 4 G Lommis's, various length's & actions. I've been using G Lommis for ~ 7 years. Longest is 7' 6" bucktail rod. My favorite is my 6' 6" jerkbait rod. Really put's some erratic action on baits. A bit pricey, but excellent rods. Shop around, I got two of mine used via the MF Buy, Sell, Trade (rummage sale) forum.
Have fun!
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| i've had a split grip 7' loomis medium power fast action casting rod with spiral wrapped guides built for deadsticking soft plastic jerkbaits. the blank is an sj842. it's my absolute favorite rod. it should be, it was built to my specs.
truthfully, i think if anyone spends more than $225 on a rod, they should give serious consideration to a custom build. i think the advantages with a custom are worth the added expense ; lighter weight and less tiring over the day, more sensitive, built with a specific technique/bait/reel/line in mind, fits the hand better, and heck, they're pretty too.
my favorite off the shelf rod are the st. croix avids. they give more bang for the buck than any other rod i know. the premeirs are okay, but i prefer the avid series.
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| The only loomis i've got is a gl3 7' mh bass rod. I bought it about 7 years ago. Love the rod. Very sensitive and matches perfectly with my Chronarch. I broke it 2 years ago on LOTW handling a a mid 30s pike. Pike flopped out of my hands and landed on the rod, apparently cracking it. Next cast, rod is in 2 pieces. Sent it to loomis along with the replacement fee (I forget what it is) and they sent me a new rod. I've got St. Croixs and a Musky Innovations rod for musky fishing. |
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Location: Red Wing, Minnesota | I think Loomis are the best "off the rack" rods. I add 2" to the butts and they are good to go. Also have St. Croix Premiers, Thorne Bros. custom Diamondbacks, and Fig Rig. I favor the Loomis rods but use all of the others as well.
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| You asked for opinions and this is mine.
Currently heavy, short with no flex on the tip to help casting. I feel the days of broom sticks are over. We are all using braided line with no stretch. The theory with broom stick rods was when we were using mono and mono gave the stretch. Imagine a fish going crazy…it would cause the slack in the line giving the fish to work the bait free….more flex on the tip allows the bait to stay pinned in a fishes mouth.
Again just my opinion. I know others really like them.
I hear (wink wink) that they are coming out with a new series of musky rods that are really nice. I have not seen them yet but they are on the way.
Keith
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| I own 6 different G Loomis rods between the 7'10" to the 6'10". There are pros and cons to the Loomis rods. I also have St croixs, diamond backs, the highest end shimanos and a variety of custom rods on various blanks. The Loomis rods in my opinion are the heaviest duty best built most industructable rod all around I have ever used. With that said they weigh a lot! They are the heaviest rods I have ever used. The trolling rods are great. The jerk bait rods are great. But for all other applications I favor other rod manufacturers for various reasons like longer length and less fatigue. But they are built well and take alot of abuse. I do not know much about rod building, but I would guess when they build a rod they do not cut any corners. I have never had as much as a ceramic guide pop on one in 10 years plus on any of them. I wish I could say that about all of the others. Just my 2 cents.
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Location: mpls | I jusrt had a Thorne Bros custom 8'6" rod built on the new "Iron" series rods. this is the same blank that the new Muskie rods will be built on. So far I think it is really a nice rod. Up until this point, my opinion was that G loomis Muskie rods were outdated and the actions were lacking( I agreed with Keith).
That may change with the new series. They are light, have a nice taper and the action on the couple that I checked out were well done.
Joe
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| awsome rods i have had mine for a long time and have thrown pounders on it not for very long but it did handle it
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Location: Michigan | uptown - 3/29/2008 11:48 AM
I jusrt had a Thorne Bros custom 8'6" rod built on the new "Iron" series rods. this is the same blank that the new Muskie rods will be built on. So far I think it is really a nice rod. Up until this point, my opinion was that G loomis Muskie rods were outdated and the actions were lacking( I agreed with Keith).
That may change with the new series. They are light, have a nice taper and the action on the couple that I checked out were well done.
Joe
Trueglide.com
uptown,
Do you mean the "Steel" series?. I am having Thorne's build me a Loomis Steel Series right now. Cant wait. |
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| I've got a half dozen loomis flyrods, another batch of Casting rods, and even more in Musky series. I love them all. THe only rods that I would trade for loomis are my Winston flyrods. (Wish they'd make me a Musky stick, cause holy heck would it be the best thing the world of fishing has ever seen.)
Anyhow, Loomis excels at being a relatively light rod, with the right about of backbone and right tip for each specific application. Their Steel sereies are some of the nicest on the maret today, period. The price, albeit high, is well worth it. Their warranty is outstanding, and their service is second to none.
I've been fishing loomis rods since I was 12ish, and at one point was VERY good friends, actually the "rental Kid", of the factory rep. I've been a sucker for loomis rods and always will be. |
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| yeah they are called the "steel series" . they are intended as a salt blank (casting heavy irons/jigs). but are being custom built at thorne for muskie applications. they are REALLY nice rods! Really strong blanks that are thin walled..makin them very light with great fast tips |
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Location: mpls | Slimball,
Yep Geust has it right. Steel is the correct name. You will love your new rod!
Joe
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| I have had the Entire G.loomis Musky Line of Rods within the last 2 years, I mean all of them Including the very expensive IMX Rod . I have Narrowed down what I thought was their best all around rod to the heavier of the 7'7" Rods are the Best out there. You can Get 20% discounts at the shows & Sales in early Spring. I Have St.Croix Avids, and they are just as expensive .. Sometimes with fishing You get what you pay For, and this is one of those times. ....G. Loomis has a Awesome 8 foot rod which I have a few of called Bounce Back rods that are just fantastic for Musky Fishing.They come in three different colored Blanks, I believe the colors are Merlot .Wine colored, Ocean, a deep Blue Purple, and a Greenish shade. I think they were Designed for salmon, and very few stores stock them, But believe me there is nothing you can not do with this rod... From Mag Dawgs to small twitch baits or Bucktails they are GREAT... I beat the hell out of them and they hold up ..Not To Expensive either.... |
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| I typically use cheaper rods like the gander rods or mania rods due to my low budget. I also have an avid musky and I am content with my cheaper rods. BUT My buddy has 8 Loomis rods and obviously can't use them all at the same time so lately my rods haven't been getting much use. I think that they(loomis) are well worth the money and would trade all three of my rods for one of his any day. They are so much lighter and make a long day on the water a lot easier. They also have a much better feel. You could jig for walleyes with an extra heavy loomis musky rod if you wanted to. In the words of tony the tiger..."THEY'RE GREAT" |
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| Honestly if you are looking at the weight difference The Loomis line as much as I love them are not as light as a few of the other Major Companies...They feel and are a tad heavier if anything ,But They will handle anything you could manage to set a hook in. Also Great in frigid Temps...... |
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