How to choose a fishing rod

Introduction READ Fishing is becoming more and more one of the people's fashionable way of life, not only can you do it yourself to fish and eat meat, but also can cultivate the sentiment of pleasure and temperament. The big fish will take home to eat, the small fish will be released in situ. More and more people are beginning to pay attention to the fishing activity and actively participate in, then, fishing this activity from the fishing rod purchase it!

Recreational fishing OR competitive fishing should pay attention to the problem before buying this is a new angler is very concerned about the problem, with the most coveted fishing gear to equip themselves, is the wish of every new angler. Before you buy a fishing rod, you should first consider where you are going.

1, if you like to get away from it all, towards the direction of leisure fishing;

2, if you like the fierce excitement in the field, towards the direction of competitive fishing.

Because the two different fishing methods require different fishing gear, you must first determine your own development direction. There is currently a popular saying in the fishing community that if you want to destroy someone, let them learn competitive fishing, and if you want to make friends with someone, let them learn recreational fishing. There is a lot of truth in these words.

Comparative analysis

Currently, the equipment used by our competitive anglers are basically medium to high grade rods, a few hundred dollars is considered cheap, a few thousand dollars a rod is not difficult to see on the playing field, coupled with the serious phenomenon of competition in the playing field, so the equipment of a competitive angler needs a few thousand yuan at least. If the pursuit of a higher grade, a person to buy tens of thousands of yuan of equipment is not new. Add to this the cost of rod practice, transportation and bait on weekdays, and it's a lot of money. So, competitive anglers spend a lot of money every year. Before you buy competitive fishing gear, you also have to consider the problem of transportation, if you have your own car, there is no problem, if you do not have your own car, you have to consider the mode of transportation, which is a serious problem, riding a bicycle, it is difficult to carry a full set of competitive fishing equipment.

Recreational fishing is different, not to mention carbon rods, even a bamboo rod can be very happy, remember in the last century before the eighties, we all use bamboo rods. I remember before the 1980s, everyone used bamboo rods. At that time, whoever had a "three bamboo and two reeds" fishing rod was already an enviable high-class person. Even now, there are many people who use bamboo rods for recreational fishing. When choosing fishing tackle, the best thing to do is to ask a knowledgeable friend to accompany you, so that you can make full use of his experience to choose a good product at a good price. But in the process of shopping, you should put your own questions, let him and the salesman answer, learn from them can enrich themselves.

Step1The length of the rodWhen you buy a fishing rod, you should first pay attention to its length. Some products are labeled length, but they are not the actual length, but the total length including the interface, after removing the interface length, the actual length of the rod will be shorter than a hundred or two hundred millimeters. When measuring the length of the rod, it is best to carry a ruler to measure, you can also make full use of the resources on the site to measure. For example, the standard length of the counter is 1.8 meters, and the floor tiles have a fixed width. Putting the rod on the counter, the length of two counters is exactly 3.6 meters, and the length of three counters is exactly 5.4 meters, which is exactly the standard length that the prehension should have. You can also place the rod on the floor and count the number of floor tiles, then multiply by the length of the tiles and the length of the rod is calculated.

1 long section of the rod less than a few interfaces, not only the use of the force is more uniform, and the weight will be lighter, do not look down on the weight of these interfaces, in the fish crowded tournament field, every day you need thousands of times to play the rod, lifting the rod, even if only a few grams of weight added to the rod, the intensity of labor will have a big difference.

2Short-section rods are easy to carry, whether in a car basket or in a rod bag, and can even be strapped horizontally to the rear hanger of a bicycle without much impact on safety. The disadvantage of short rods is that they have a few more ports, and not only are they not as uniform as long rods, but they are also a bit heavier than long rods for the same length.

The difference between the two types of rods is that the longer rods are more susceptible to damage than the longer ones. To illustrate this, two rods of different lengths are tied to a basket hanging from the back of a bicycle, and the bicycle suddenly falls to the ground, and the longer rod is more seriously injured. The reason is very simple, the two bicycles fell to the ground at the same speed, the two rods at the top of the speed of movement is not the same, the long rod's radius of movement is larger than the short section of the rod, so the speed of movement is much higher than the short section of the rod, the long section of the rod on the ground most of the impact, the long section of the rod's top is easy to fall broken.

The length of the rods is strictly limited: the rods used in the tournament are basically 3.6 meters, 4.5 meters, and 5.4 meters, and each of these lengths is equipped with one soft and one hard rod, which is basically enough for the tournament, compared to the number of rods equipped for the competitive fishermen which are less than that of the recreational fishermen. Every recreational angler is constantly purchasing and eliminating rods, and there are many recreational anglers who own dozens of rods. Especially for those who have been fishing for decades, they are equipped with rods of every length and hardness. Every time you go on a trip, you carry several rods of varying lengths, and choose the right length according to the water conditions.

Step2Price and Brand of Fishing RodsFor a competitive angler, brand and price are very important issues, as it is related to his face and his ranking. Competitive fishing rods are all carbon rods, its price contains two major factors, one factor is the brand, the other is the material and craftsmanship. Competitive fishing rods have a high weight requirement, and the lighter the weight, the better, when using them, while keeping the stiffness. The material used to make carbon rods is carbon cloth, which is divided into different grades. The higher the grade of the material, the lighter the weight and the higher the price, so it causes the price of the fishing rod to be high.

For a recreational angler, the brand is not very important compared to the price, and the price takes precedence.

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The fiberglass rod is a relatively old product, it is in the 1970s in the market, it just appeared in the market, the bamboo made of wood rods top down the stage of history.

Carbon rods have been popular for only about ten years, remembering that they appeared on the market in the mid-nineties of the last century. Carbon rods appeared on the market, occupying the position of mid-range and high-grade rods, forcing fiberglass rods to retreat to the corners of the low-grade rods. Compared to the two different materials, they each have their own advantages.

How can you tell the difference between the two different materials?

To give you an idea, carbon material is conductive and fiberglass rods are insulating. There is also a significant difference in weight between the two materials, with carbon rods being much lighter compared to rods of the same length and tuning. Generally speaking, a 3.6 meter carbon rod weighs only about 100 grams. Currently, some 3.6 meter rods are only seventy or so grams. About the tuning of the fishing rodThe tuning refers to the degree of softness or hardness of the rod. When the rod is under the weight of the rod, it is bound to bend, and a hard tuned rod bends less and a soft tuned rod bends more. Hard tuned rods are not as flexible as soft tuned rods, the rod body absorbs and consumes less energy, so you need to use a relatively thick line, you can slip the fish out of the water in a relatively short period of time, to put it in the vernacular is that to a certain extent there is an element of raw pulling and pulling. A soft-tuned rod can overcome the explosive power of the fish more fully, and consume and absorb the energy of the fish more perfectly, but it also has a problem, that is, because the rod is very soft, it takes a relatively large area to control the activity of the fish, and takes a relatively long time to consume the power of the fish, so the use of soft-tuned rods should be avoided in the tournament arena.

Step4The hardness of the fishing rod you can choose according to your own experience, preference and actual need. Extend a rod completely, or insert a sectioned rod, then hold the handle and gently shake your wrist up and down, the front half of the rod will wobble, the rest of the rod remains stationary, the junction of bending and stationary is the defining point of the tuning. Let's assume that the rod is divided into ten parts. If the defining point of a rod is three parts long from the tip, then the rod is in three or seven keys. And so on and so forth, and the rest will not be long-winded. Shake the rod should also pay attention to check a phenomenon, some rods are not very perfect fit between the interface, the interface there is a large gap, it is not a perfect surface contact, but a bad point contact, shake the rod, the hand will feel "click" "click" shaking, which is a good idea. When shaking the rod, the hand will feel a "click" and "clack", which is very incongruous with the overall shaking of the rod, and any rod with this condition should be among the abandoned, whoever buys it will be fooled. When it comes to the critical moment of bearing the force, the rod splits from here first. Rods in this condition tend to have a relatively large gap at the interface.

Step5 the quality of the rod I have suffered in this area, I remember buying a fiberglass rod inside the stubble, due to inexperience on the patchwork, the results in the closing rod, the rod will not go, a little force, the rod is shrinking back, above the section of the rod's lower mouth is open. Carefully think back to the reason, when assembling the rod from the big head loaded in, just the stubble pressure, when using, the rod body pulled to the small head, stubble on the stand up, collect the dry, the next section of the rod stubble on the rod blocking the way back to the upper section of the rod, a force, stubble on the upper section of the rod's lower mouth open. That's why it's so important to pick the quality of the rod.

Observe whether there are scratches on the body of the rod and touch it with your hand to check whether there are any bulges or dents on the rod. This check is a key to the quality of the rod and should not be done in a sloppy manner. If you find this kind of rod with bulges or dents in a certain brand, you should put it on your blacklist for a certain period of time because it is defective in workmanship and should be a substandard product.

Checking the interface extend each section of the rod and then check the gap at each interface, the gap at the interface should be within 20 filaments, if each interface of a rod exceeds this range, I will no longer pick this rod.

Finally, unscrew the back plug of the rod and take out each section one by one, first look at the ends of each section and observe whether the wall thickness is even, if the thinness is not even, then you have to say sorry.

Backlight inspection of the inner wall of the rod inside wall must be glossy, can not be seen rolled interface, if there is an interface or stubble, you have to immediately give up this batch of rods. As mentioned earlier, the rod is rolled, and then rolled at the same time, the rod will be subjected to heat pressure, in order to be divided into several layers of material melting, the rolled rod body fusion into one. If there are any interfaces or stubs inside the rod, there is a problem with the rod's heat-pressing temperature.

Step6Whether the overall force of the rod is uniform or not, this is the key to the use of performance. Many small and medium-sized manufacturers produce fishing rods, only the second half of the rod, the first three sections are often outsourced. You can imagine, a two-eight tuning rod installed four-six tuning of the first three sections, what will happen in the use of the situation, and then, for example, a four-six tuning rod installed two-eight tuning of the tip, it's the overall force is uniform? If the overall force is not uniform, it will affect the conduction of force, and there will be a hard point at the change of tuning, so that the force endured here is much greater than other positions, and after the force endured at this point exceeds the limit of endurance, the rod will certainly be pulled off here. How to test the rod to withstand uniformity? We first tie a good line on the rod, the other end of the line tied to some weight, and then lift the rod, so that the rod to bear the weight, this time, in the side can be clearly seen in the rod to bear the force of uniformity.

Step7Challenge the lowest limit of the rod's force to pick up an item weighing 500 grams or more. If a rod can't pick that weight up, it doesn't have a purpose. One might ask where to find an item of the right weight. We can use a full bottle of mineral water, or we can put the lures sold in a tackle store in a plastic bag, where the weight is indicated on each lure package, and the total weight can be easily determined. Before you do this experiment, you must ask the store for permission to do it, and only after clear accountability. Otherwise, if you break someone's already unsturdy rod, will you pay for it or not? When assembling a fishing rod, the soft lines on the tip are not bonded very strongly, and after purchase, they must be reinforced with glue. According to the author's experience, the soft line with glue is better than the rod tip two or three millimeters, in other words, there are two or three millimeters of soft line with glue is higher than the rod tip, which can avoid the rod tip to pierce through the soft line, so as to avoid the soft line from being harmed.