I took a road trip with the family this past week, we drove the down to the Oregon coast - specifically seaside and cannon beach. While I wish I could be posting this story in the fishing reports section, unfortunately fishing just wasn't in the cards. I tried to arrange a charter but for only myself, footing the bill to charter a boat would have been an unjustifiable cost when I have caught so many fish this summer and the deep freeze is full.
Anyhow the trip wasnt an total waste of time even though I didn't get fishing
... I went down to the lamiglas factory and toured their facility! I was down there getting a warranty replacement for a rod I broke and struck up a conversation with one of the guys there and he was kind enough to take me for a walk through.
It was pretty neat to see a rod in its "embrionic" state...nothing more than a flat sheet of cloth at that point. From there the cloth is cut to achieve a specific shape (ie length, diameter and taper) and then it goes though maybe 10-15 steps before it is ready for the shelves. If anyone wants to hear more on the specific process I can post more details after I have caught up on my 238 work emails.
Anyhow is was great to learn about the process and while I was down there I picked up 3 blanks as well so overall that was a great stop for me
Little bit of useless trivea before I get back to work: did you know that several of the major brands/manufactures in the US use the same raw materials from the exact same supplier?!?! Shocked me to
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