Hey everybody I am in the market for a steelhead/salmon rod/ frog rod. I was looking at the Lamiglas Rogue River special..it has heavy power but not quit as much back bone as I would like for frog fishing. Other than that I think it is a pretty versatile rod. Anybody have any knowledge about this or think its a two for one type of rod?

For my frogging rod in heavy mat. I use a 7' Fenwick HMX musky rod. It has the back bone and is a broomstick. I like that it has quite abit of cork above the reel for the heavy hauling. I have a Diawa low pro reel on it with 50 lb braid. It will throw a frog a froggin' LONG ways! It in open water I just use one of my MH 6'6 casting rods.

In my opinion a frog rod should be nothing like a Salmon/Stealhead rod. My Salmon rods are glass with a lot of parabolic bend. With a frog rod I like a fast tip with a lot of back bone. 

Alright yeah thats what i was kind of thinking too I guess I'll have to buy two haha. Thanks for the feedback

Alot of techniques can work with a variety of rods depending of preference. However frogging is not one of those. Regardless of the cover you are frogging, it is critical to have a rod with a lot of backbone. Think about it, you have two heavy wire hooks that you need to drive in along with a frog body in the way. Im not saying you have to buy the exact rod but i have come to love my Powell max 735 frog rod. It has just enough tip to let you skip that frog way back under trees and it has enough balls to pull then out of anything. Ive also found that all braids are not created equal. I used power pro 65-50# for probably 4 years and switched to Sunline Fx2 60# this year. Its much less stiff out of the box and helps with skipping the frog, it used to take me a month or so before my power pro broke down and got nice and soft.

Yeah I get the back bone thing I was just thinking if it can take a 40 pound salmon it could probably take a big hook set and have the power to get the fish out of the slop and thats why I was asking...

I dont think its a question of if the rod can handle both types of fish. Its more about the action of the rod. Salmon have a softer mouth and out here you have to use barbless hooks. So the slower rod action helps keep the fish pinned.

Check out a dobyns champion 736c for a frog rod.