How to choose a fishing rod that suits you?

Guide: For fishing enthusiasts, fishing rod is the most important, and a good fishing rod can affect the mood of fishermen.

Hand lever type

Refers to the fishing rod without pay-off device, which is one of the most popular fishing rods in China at present. Hand lever is divided into rapping lever and inserting lever. Vibrating rods can be divided into long-section rods and short-section rods. According to the use category, there are three kinds: crucian carp rod, carp rod and creek fishing rod.

Most fishing rods are made of plain glass fiber cloth and unsaturated polyester, commonly known as FRP fishing rods. The other is made of carbon fiber and unsaturated polyester, called carbon fishing rod. Because the price of carbon fiber cloth is much higher than that of glass fiber cloth, carbon fishing rod is much more expensive than glass fiber reinforced plastic fishing rod. The strength of carbon fiber is higher than that of glass fiber, but its own weight is very light. The hand pole made of carbon fiber is lighter than that made of glass fiber reinforced plastic under the same strength, so it is very popular with competitive fishing enthusiasts.

Some manufacturers produce some fishing rods with mixed materials for the sake of price and performance ratio, and the inner layer and outer layer are made of different fibers; The first three sections are made of carbon fiber, and the tail section is made of glass fiber reinforced plastic. This kind of fishing rod has certain advantages in price and performance, but it is easily misunderstood as a fake carbon rod and is not accepted by fishermen.

Magnetic pole length

Refers to the actual length of the hand lever after assembly or deployment. The length of the practical range (referring to the method of fishing with a straight rod line) is 2.7 meters, 3.6 meters, 4.5 meters, 5.4 meters and 6.3 meters respectively. At present, the competition rules of competitive crucian carp fishing in China stipulate the use of 3.6-meter-long hand poles for competition. Usually used for leisure fishing, a 5.4-meter-long hand pole is enough. It should be said that it is very difficult to catch crucian carp with a hand pole over 6.3 meters. Because the fishing rod is too long, it is very troublesome to operate. The action of crucian carp eating bait was originally small, and the float was thrown too far, and many slight signals could not be recognized.

Carassius auratus must swim from deep water to the shore where food is stored in order to feed. Whether it is a river, a lake or a reservoir, the area 3-4 meters away from the shore, with a water depth of 1.5 meters and a flat bottom, will become a feeding channel for fish, and a 4.5-meter hand pole can completely reach this range. Sometimes the fishing rod is used for too long, which will make the fishing point cross the feeding channel of the fish and lead to losses.

Hand lever hardness

Refers to the pull that the handle can bear. The one under great tension has high hardness, and vice versa. Crucian carp in China, whether wild or artificially raised, weigh more than 0.8 kg. Therefore, it is completely possible to fish crucian carp with a hard-tuned hand pole.

The hard adjusting rod can not only protect the fishing line by using the drag force generated by moderate elasticity, but also try to avoid tearing the fish lip because the fishing rod is too hard. Moderate tonality can also produce a good feel, which can add a lot of fun for fishermen to walk their fish. The good elasticity of the hard adjusting rod combining hard and soft can also directly release the crucian carp weighing about 0.2 kg ashore, which saves the trouble of copying the net, and is more suitable for competition and easier for beginners to master.

Hand tonality

Tonality actually refers to the strength of the hand pole, which refers to how much weight the pole tip can lift and how much curvature the pole body appears when the tail section of a fully unfolded hand pole remains horizontal. The greater the load, the harder the tonality of the fishing rod with smaller curvature. Generally speaking, the tonality of the hand lever can be divided into five grades: middle key, middle hard key, hard key, super hard key and extremely hard key.

Tone uniformity

The curvature of the fishing rod with good uniformity after bending is in a gentle transition state; A fishing rod with poor uniformity has a dead angle in its radian.

At present, it is difficult to judge the quality of the hand lever on the market only from the appearance, and the marked hardness often does not match the actual hardness. The uniformity of tonality is good, which is difficult to detect when the fishing rod is not actually installed. It is suggested that fishing friends test the unity of hardness and tonality when buying fishing rods, and don't be deceived by some exaggerated labels and gorgeous appearance of fishing rods.

Weighing inspection

When choosing a hand pole, we don't look at the tonality mark on the pole, but test the hardness of the pole body according to a practical standard. For example, if we want to choose a cutting rod for fishing crucian carp, we will make it weigh 0.3 kg and the vibrating rod weigh 0.4 kg.

Use a counterweight prepared in advance or a plastic bag to temporarily load a weighted bait as a counterweight, tie it to the fishing rod, and then slowly lift the fishing rod. When the counterweight leaves the ground, keep the tip of the lever and the bottom of the lever handle in a horizontal line. At this time, if the curvature of the fishing rod is about half the length of the rod, its hardness is suitable for fishing crucian carp. If the third quarter is obviously bent, it will be a little soft. If you just bend to the second quarter, the third quarter will hardly deform, so it will be a little hard.

Plug rod

Inserting rod is a kind of split fishing rod in hand rod, which is called "parallel fishing rod" according to the Chinese pronunciation of Japanese characters. When in use, the insertion rod should be inserted from the top (the tip of the rod) to the end, in order to become a complete fishing rod.

Telescopic (jointed) fishing rod reduces the space because it is divided into rods, so the rod body can be made thinner without reducing the strength, which is the variety pursued by competitive fishing enthusiasts.

Hard-adjusting stopper rod is used for leisure fishing, and it is more suitable to catch about 0.5 kg of crucian carp. Soft and hard tonality can not only increase the pleasure and pleasure of fishing for anglers, but also be used to catch small crucian carp within 50 grams in the competition; Because of its light weight, it can save physical strength and facilitate fishermen to maintain a good competitive state in long-term competitions. At present, the inserted pole on the market is mainly 3.6 meters long, and its tonality is mostly hard and super hard, and extremely hard-tuned inserted poles are rare.

Vibrating rod

This kind of pole is a telescopic handle. According to the Chinese pronunciation of Japanese characters, it is called "vibrating" hand lever. Vibrating rods are divided into short sections (stream fishing rods) and long sections (pond fishing rods). Although the short pole is easy to carry, its strength is low, and competitive fishing enthusiasts basically don't need it.

Due to the different strength of the vibrator, the length of a single section is slightly different, but the total length of the fishing rod after pulling out is not much different. The tail length of long vibrator is generally about 100 ~ 1 15 cm. In order to make the rods shrink into the tail joint in turn, the vibrating rod is thicker than the plug-in rod.

suspend

The vibrator is connected to the interface of the upper section. Whether the wall thickness of the socket is consistent or not and whether the cross section of the socket is flat or not is an important link to reflect the quality of the plug rod.

The way to check the socket is to slowly insert the upper section into the lower section. In this process, there should be no looseness and tightness, but the tighter the insertion. There should be no sloshing at the interface after tight insertion, the sloshing fishing rod has a seamless feeling, and there is no noise caused by friction between nodes due to looseness. The greater the vacuum force when pulling out each section, the closer the upper and lower plugs are.

Insertion amount

The length of the upper segment of the stopper inserted into the lower segment. The insertion amount of each section should be gradually increased from top to bottom. Generally, the insertion amount of the first section (pole tip) is not less than 6 cm.

Usually, when using the insertion rod, it should be inserted from the tip of the rod in turn and slowly from the bottom. If it is inserted too fast, it will accelerate the wear of the inner and outer walls of the pole and cause looseness. After each insertion section is in place, rotate the insertion section slightly counterclockwise to lock the socket. The rotation angle should not be too large, and it is appropriate to be about 5 degrees. When exiting, turn the lock clockwise and then pull out the upper part.

Beginners, due to poor control ability, are prone to tug-of-war when fishing big fish with a plunge rod, or suddenly use too much force to break the fishing rod, so pay special attention.

Joint ability

Refers to the joints between nodes of vibrators. For a 3.6-meter hand pole, the joint between the top and the second section is generally more than 4 cm, the second and third sections are 4 cm, and the third and fourth sections are 6 cm. The lap joint is short, which is easy to cause jointing and fracture. After a period of use, it will become shorter due to wear, so choose a longer lap joint when buying poles.

Shangxiakou

The upper end of each vibrating rod is an upper opening and the lower end is a lower opening. Whether the wall thickness of the upper and lower openings is the same, whether the cross section is flat, and whether the outer section is in close contact with the inner section after the inner section is tightened are all important points to ensure quality and durability. In addition, the stopper rod has only an upper opening, but no lower opening.

A plug to prevent the inner section from slipping out after the hand lever is retracted, which is also called a plug. The vibrating rod has an upper plug (rubber or wood products) and a lower plug (generally plastic products), and the lower plug has a vent hole, which can release the water vapor in the rod. The 3.6m plug rod has two connected upper plugs, but no lower plug.

Every time you go home after fishing, try to pull out the plug on the rod and let the water vapor in the rod evaporate, so as to avoid long-term humidity in the rod and damage the paint surface.

So what kind of pole is a good pole? How to choose a suitable pole in the same price? Here we might as well introduce four concepts, namely:

The taper of the fishing rod determines the tonality.

The thickness of the rod wall determines the strength.

The diameter of the fishing rod determines the hardness.

The selection of materials has a great influence on the above three points.

Here are four points in detail:

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When the fishing rod was hooked, that part began to bend. That is what people usually say: 28 tones, 37 tones and so on. The professional name of the manufacturer is "first adjustment"-that is, the main stress point is near the pole tip, "this adjustment"-that is, the main stress point is on the pole body, and "trunk adjustment"-that is, the main stress point of the hand is close to the handle. The key to affect the tonality is the taper of the whole fishing rod, that is, the angle difference between the guide diameter (the diameter of the fishing rod tip) and the guide diameter (the diameter of the last section of the fishing rod). The greater the taper, the smaller the taper in front of the middle fish and behind the middle fish. You will have a deep understanding of the taper by referring to the tradition and dining table fishing rod. Then it's clear at a glance that we should choose fishing rods. Small fish should be tuned first, medium fish should be tuned this way, big fish should be tuned with trunk, and the bigger one should lean against the handlebar.

intensity

Whether the fishing rod is strong or not will break frequently, which directly determines the life of the fishing rod. However, the strength of fishing rod is not necessarily related to the hardness of fishing rod, which is often confused by fishermen. It is inevitably related to the wall thickness of fishing rod, the nature and material of fishing tackle, and the main influence is the wall thickness of fishing rod.

Why is the competitive pole for fishing in Taiwan Province, especially in Taiwan Province so long? Obviously, the storage of long-section poles is never as convenient as that of short-section poles. Why should manufacturers foster strengths and avoid weaknesses? One of the fundamental reasons is to reduce the number of joints, strengthen the thickness of existing joints and avoid the phenomenon of broken rods. Tonality has an important influence on the strength, and it is obvious to compare the first tone and the main tone. Adjust the fish first and then adjust it. The stress point is in the front. The fish faces the tip of the pole or the first three sections of the pole, while the trunk adjustment means that the whole pole carries the strength of the fish. The first tone is a part of participation, and the main tone is all involved in confrontation. The result is self-evident.

difficulty

Compared with steel pipes and steel bars with the same weight and length, the results show that steel pipes are not easy to bend but easy to break, and steel bars are easy to bend but not easy to break. For the time being, we ignore the influence of materials on hardness, which can be understood as the diameter of fishing rod determines its hardness.

material

A fishing rod has three things that are easily confused, namely: strength-hardness-waist strength. Don't be misled by the word "waist" in waist strength. The waist force in the fishing rod does not refer to the strength of each section in the middle of the fishing rod, but refers to the rebound force when the fishing rod is forced to return to its original state after bending. The main factor that determines waist strength is material. There are four kinds of poles on the market now: carbon, resin, glass fiber reinforced plastic and mixed materials.

The main fashion is carbon rods. Simply put, carbon rods are rolled out with carbon fiber cloth, and carbon fiber cloth is divided into good and bad according to tonnage. The higher the tonnage of carbon fiber cloth, the more expensive it is and the cheaper it is. The greater the elasticity of the material itself, the more prominent the waist strength will be. Many fishing friends are dissatisfied with their poles, lack of waist strength and no feel. The root cause is material poverty. Fishermen don't need to study carbon, a chemical thing, and neither can we. For a pole in the same phase, we should have a thorough understanding of its material in advance.

The strength, hardness, taper, material and waist strength of fishing rod do not exist singly, they are mutual. For example, waist strength has a certain relationship with the hardness of the fishing rod itself. After all, the harder the rod is, the greater the force will be after bending. On the other hand, the influence of hardness on waist strength is not linear. The harder the pole, the greater the waist strength. Another example is a particularly hard fishing rod, so hard that it can't bend at all, then its waist strength is equal to zero, which is what people call "no waist strength without bending." Another example is the influence of taper on the performance of fishing rod. Don't be too rigid about these questions. Many factors determine the quality of fishing rod.