Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
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Glass Rods Future
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rod in angling? How do glass rods
differ? What should the angler look
for in choosing a glass rod?
For authoritative and expert an
swers to these questions, this writ
er contacted the Wright & McGill
company of Denver. Colorado, who
pioneered the development of the
glass rod and whose Nyla-Glass
casting rods are rated at the top
OF the field.
A. D. McGill, himself, forwarded
the information sought. He wrote:
Basically, there are three types of
glass rods, or rather three methods
of making glass rods. Each method
makes a rod that differs from the
other two.
There are solid rods made from
glass fibers and plastic binder.
There are rods made from glass
fibers and plastic binder that have
wood core running through the
center of the rods. There are hollow
glass rods made from woven glass
cloth and plastic binder.
We followed the method of max
ing solid glass rods from glass fib-
ers and plastic binder.
Our method is to take glass fibers
which come to us from the manu-
facturer of fiber glass filament and
resemble in appearance the fine
hair-like filaments of raw silk that
is spun by the silkworm or the fine
filaments of rayon or nylon.
Upon receiving the glass filaments
they are laid up in lengths to form
rod of desired diameter and
length. The filaments are then coat
ed with plastic binder and then
stretched tight to hold each fila
ment taut and straight to avoid
any one filament from crossing any
other filaments and to allow the
plastic binder to coat each filament.
After the rods are coated as stat
ed above, they are then placed in
a form and heated to set or harden
the plastic binder.
Glass rods made with wood cores
are made in much the same manner
as above described; however. the
wood core is used to help hold the
glass fibers, as they are wrapped
to the wood core by means of
spiral wrapping which is removed
after the rod is set by heat.
Most hollow glass rods are made
by wrapping woven glass cloth
around a tapered mandrel. They are
then saturated with plastic binder
and heated to set the binder. The
mandrel, or core is then removed
leaving a hollow rod.
Fiber Glass is not new, but it
was glass fishing rods that made
the public very conscious of the
qualities of fiber glass.
Glass rods are also made in var
ious shapes. Wright G. McGill have
made rods of square or quadrate
shape as this shape gives truer
flexing action, more power and
quick, even flexing with less danger
or side action when casting. How
ever, many rods are made round in
shape and some are made octagon
or five sided.
Rods made from fiber glass are
here to stay and the past four years
have proven that glass rods are
very popular and that they can de-
liver what most fishermen have
hoped for in rods.
They are durable, have fast ac-
ton and power to fight and land the
gamest fighting fish. They with
stand the damaging effects of salt
water. They will not rust or rot.
They are fungus proof and under
normal fishing conditions will not
take a set or break.
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