Thanks, Saltheart...
 
I never really knew much about the physics behind the blanks, just which characteristics I liked in certain situations based on personal experience
I looked around on the Lami site and saw the Triflex Surf Series for those CSB blanks - the only 1 piece I saw was a 10' rated at 1-4 if memory serves - composite may be the best of both worlds
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					Originally Posted by Mike P  If I could get my hands on an old SSB 136 3M, I would take it over a 121 3M. The SSB was my go-to beach spinning rod for a lot of years, from the mid-1980s almost until the turn of the century (remember when that term referred to the changeover from the 19th to the 20th?)... 
But in a perfect world with a bigger budget, I would take an XRA 1205 over any glass rod.   | 
	
 A friend just PM'd me the other day that he has 
exactly the 136 3M I was looking for in brandy new shape that he wants to sell since he's thinning out the herd - so it looks like I'm set for this season, anyway...
 
I do know several guys who have the XRA - I'll have to test drive one with a bag full of eels 
And yeah, I know about the perfect world scenario - I've already resolved to live my next life with considerably more money...
 
Thanks again, men...
