Trout Glass Rods or "The Magnificent Seven"

My personal collection of currently used trout glass or hybrid glass/bamboo rods, L to R: 6'6" orange S-glass 3/4wt 3pc, quick dry fly 7'3" Paradox Hybrid phenolic glass/bamboo 4wt 2/2, parabolic 7'4" Unstructured Prototype E-glass 3/4wt 3pc, med-fast progressive 7'6" orange S-glass 4/5wt...

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Milenkovic 813-5 DF: Phenolic/S-glass Hybrid 8'1" 3wt 5pc

  This is my latest build, a Hybrid-construction 5pc pack rod, which utilizes phenolic fiberglass butt section and S-glass for the rest of the rod. Using this approach, I was able to significantly slim down the butt section (thicker walls), and achieve linear to regressive taper in the butt:...

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