Choose The Right Fishing Rod

Posted by Hasse Hansen

June 29, 2009

by Hans Larsen

If you want to buy a new fishing rod, it is not as easy as it seems. People often get the wrong rod when they go to the store. Usually this is because the guy in the store will try to sell them anything just to get a sale.

To get the fishing rod that is right for you is extremely important. With the choices you have today, you will be dead in the water if you don’t have any knowledge of the rods before you go to the store. Remember that it is only your own experience that will suffer if you do the wrong choice.

What you should look for first and foremost is that you get the right casting weight on your rod. This is the most important thing about a rod, and don’t let anyone tell you anything else.

If you get the casting weight wrong you will have trouble for one of two reasons. The first one is that if you get a rod that is meant for heavy lures while you are fishing with light lures, you will never get your lure out to where the fish is.

If you on the other hand buys a rod that is meant for light lures and you are fishing with salmon lures, you will run the risk of breaking the rod when casting. You will also have trouble reeling in the fish that you actually catch. The rod might even break when you catch a fish with your lure.

A system that is often used is to classify the different kinds of rods. Usually the casting weight is printed on the rod itself. The first class of rods is the ultra light rods. As you probably understand, these rods are meant for very light fishing.

If we move on up the ladder, we will find light action rods, medium action rods and medium to heavy action rods. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses which makes them perfect for their own type of fishing.

Last but not least we have the heavy action. This is the big boy of fishing. Largemounth bass is an example of a fish that requires a rod with heavy action. Atlantic salmon is another.

About the Author:

The author runs a blog about fishing equipment. If you want to know more about fishing rods you can visit this post: Fiskestang for sommerbruk. The main site of his blog is here: Slukfiske.

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