Thank you for the correction. That makes a ton

of sense. Consolidating their operation should

help maintain better control.

8-)

so im 11hrs and 4 min form owning my first gloomis 6' medium fast action 6-12 lb 1/8-3/8 oz rod and was talking to a friend who is a big lamiglas fan not sure bout the lamiglas i was told that when it came to fishing gloomis was the rod of choice should i cancle my bid on ebay and look into a lamiglas or are they both great rods btw im curently in the lead with a bid of 70 dollars and the rod is brand new is that to much to pay for a gloomis cause i see a lot more on ebay for a lot more money  thx again for all the help  ;D

looked at the diawa pfluger and shimano reels on line and have decided to go with the shimano saros. does it matter what model cause theres a lot of models of saros :-/

You might want to consider the Abu Garcia Soron STX at that price. Can be gotten on Amazon for less than $100, plus I just saw Abu was offering $10 rebate on reels over $90. Don't know if the offer is still valid.

Check the reel out if you haven't purchased the Saros yet. I didn't take the time to compare them, but I did research the Abu last night and was impressed.

Not to scare you off, but another thing I discovered last night is that both Shimano and Daiwa sell spinning reels costing $500.00. Whew!

so im 11hrs and 4 min form owning my first gloomis 6' medium fast action 6-12 lb 1/8-3/8 oz rod and was talking to a friend who is a big lamiglas fan not sure bout the lamiglas i was told that when it came to fishing gloomis was the rod of choice should i cancle my bid on ebay and look into a lamiglas or are they both great rods btw im curently in the lead with a bid of 70 dollars and the rod is brand new is that to much to pay for a gloomis cause i see a lot more on ebay for a lot more money thx again for all the help ;D

GL2, GL3, IMX or GLX? Several hundred dollars difference between the GL2 and the GLX. I'm not very familiar with them. Do own an older GL2 8wt. fly rod. You couldn't buy a bare GLX blank for $70.

More expensive rod, cheaper reel is the way to go. Especially spinning reels . $150 Rod / $100 reel would be a pretty nice setup.

I personally think baitcasters are much better all purpose and are more accurate, but if you're set on a spinning rod I'd recommend a Dobyns 703 Savvy Series rod with a Daiwa Tierra spinning reel. Great combo for the price you're looking to spend.