Structure of the fishing rod


Joint

An ordinary fishing rod consists of a number of hollow sections, which are nested and put away when not in use, and pulled out or inserted in order when in use. The thinnest section of the rod is called No.1 section; from inside to outside, i.e. from thin to thick, No.2 section, No.3 section... And so on. The No.1 section is also called slightly sub-section, the thickest section with handle is called handle section or handle section, also called B section. The rod with a few sections of 3 to 5, more may be 7 to 8, and there are even individual novelty stream rod to reach 10 sections. Generally the more sections the shorter the section length, the more convenient to carry, but also the lower the strength. Therefore, the general short section of the rod, are used as a stream rod.

Rod cap

In the contracted state of the rod, specially used for capping, fixing or protecting the guide eye fitting.

Iso rods and sea rods generally have caps: straight caps, triangle caps and caps for iso rods, etc. The colors are transparent, translucent, black and gunsmoke. Caps require and fishing rod thickness consistent, too large, it is easy to fall and break the guide eye. Too small cap is easy to damage and may damage the guide eye, so too big and too small are not allowed.

Rod cap of hand rod, generally simplified to insert the type of front plug, the front plug is generally wooden or rubber. Wooden rod cap after a long time, easy to shrink resulting in very easy to fall off; rubber is elastic, elastic and suitable, has become a common rod cap material. The design of the rod cap is also varied, some high-end brands, have their own unique rod cap design, to attract anglers to buy.

Eyelets

Guide eye, also known as the wire ring, guide ring, is specifically used to go fishing line accessories, is the necessary accessories for iso fishing, sea fishing, boat rods. Guide ring requires high strength, low frictional resistance, good thermal conductivity, and consistent with the fishing rod fishing. The general guide ring is composed of bracket and wire ring, the bracket material are stainless steel, require no rust and not too soft; wire ring material is ceramic ring and silicon carbide mostly. The general guide ring has one or two central ring, with two central ring, the middle ring material for ceramic, the outer color ring (also called damping ring) material for plastic, generally belong to the lower grade guide eye; center ring only one guide eye higher grade, the material is generally silicon carbide. The top guide eye is generally called the top guide eye or top guide eye, and it is generally called 2#, 3#, 4# guide eye to the last guide eye in order to the coarse end. The model of the guide eye itself is different because of the size and shape of the bracket, color, center ring material, etc., but the specification number is easier to grasp, mainly refers to the installation of the inner diameter of the bracket of the wire ring to take the integer that is the specification model of the guide eye, for example: the inner diameter of the metal bracket is 18.5 MM, the guide eye is 20 #, commonly used specifications: 6 #, 8 #, 10 #, 12 #, 16 #, 20 #, 25#, 30#, 40#, etc.

Wheel base

It is also called card holder, which is a special accessory for fixing fishing reel on fishing rod. Mainly divided into two kinds, one is tubular wheel holder, one is plate wheel holder, the former is used for ordinary sea fishing rods, the latter is mainly used for iso fishing rods. Tubular reel seat body is generally divided into plastic and nylon two kinds of materials, the metal part is generally stainless steel material. The tubular reel seat is divided into many varieties, if the part of the fixed reel foot is stainless steel, it is called ordinary wheel seat; if the stainless steel part has plastic feet inside, it is called the wheel seat with padding. In comparison, the wheel seat with padding is not easy to catch the fishing line wheel, the grade than the ordinary wheel seat without padding is higher. The size of the wheel base specifications are determined by its inner diameter size, such as the inner diameter of the wheel base is 20.0MM, the wheel base model that is 20 #, commonly used in general 16 #, 20 #, 22 #, 26 #, 30 #. Plate wheel base is generally divided into 6 # and 7 # two.

Handle

Also called the handle or grip, is in the fishing process has been grasping in the hands of the accessories. Hand rod is generally cotton thread handle, nylon thread handle or rubber handle, generally preferred rubber handle, anti-pollution and anti-slip. Sea rod and other commonly used material is EVA foam, there are a variety of colors; foreign more use cork material, the price is also higher than EVA, is a special cork bark imported from Portugal processing made of, compared to EVA foam handle has many advantages, such as: handle delicate and comfortable, anti-slip effect is better, and has the effect of winter warmth and summer cool, but the color is too single, become domestic fishing enthusiasts can not One of the reasons for acceptance, the second reason is that the surface of the handle with the use of fishing time will cause a lot of pit eyes and affect the appearance of the effect.

Tail piece

Also called tail plug, is to protect the bottom of the rod body and decorative role of fishing rods. Where the pull-out (also known as shrink type or antenna type) fishing rod tailpiece are with a silk buckle, in order to facilitate fishing enthusiasts in the fishing process and fishing after the tailpiece can be disassembled at any time and pour a rod body of sand and water; general plug fishing rod tailpiece is not a silk buckle. Boat fishing rod tailpiece is often cross flower, mainly with the belt or cross buckle slot on the boat with the purpose of fixing the rod does not swing around when on the big fish and bad control.

Lost hand ring

It is an accessory installed on the end of the fishing rod to fix and prevent the fishing rod from losing its hand when used. Generally there are two kinds, one is thicker for boats and the other is smaller for iso and freshwater fishing rods.

Hooking device

It is a special accessory for temporarily fixing the hook during fishing, and there are similar line clips for fixing the fishing line. These accessories are very common in the road fishing rods and foreign fishing rods.

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Different hardness of the rod for the scene

Rich flexibility; thin rod body, relatively light weight; good feel after catching fish; especially suitable for fishing small fish; easy to play the elastic tension of the rod to cast fishing groups. When catching fish, pulling fish into the guard slowly. However, when encountering larger fish, it is very disadvantageous, especially for novices, it is difficult to control the fish.


Preservation and care of fishing rods

No more fishing in winter, the rods need to be taken care of carefully to prolong their life. If the carbon fishing rod is not used, then it is best to put it into the original box. After putting it in the original box, do not put it in a normal room, but store it in a dry storage room where the temperature is often kept between 20 and 25C and the humidity is not more than 60. For rods without original box, put them into the cloth rod case first, and then put them into the rod bag.


How to use and maintain the fishing rod?

Fishing rod is the most expensive fishing gear, anglers must protect their rods like warriors love weapons. Most of the accidental damage to the rod is caused by improper use by the angler. Proper operation and standardized fishing methods can extend the life of the rod.


How to perform weight picking test

The last item to check when buying a fishing rod is to challenge the lowest limit of force on the rod, picking up an item with a weight of 500 grams or more. If a fishing rod cannot pick up this weight, it has no value to exist. Some people may ask, where to find the right weight of items?


How to check the quality of fishing rods

When buying a fishing rod, first of all, you should pay attention to its length. Some products are also marked with length, but they are not the actual length used, but the total length including the interface, after removing the interface length, the actual length of the rod will be one or two hundred millimeters shorter.


How to choose the tuning of a fishing rod

About rod tuning tuning refers to the degree of softness and hardness of the rod, inevitably bending when the rod is under weight, hard tuned rods bend less, soft tuned rods bend 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 relatively thick fishing line, you can slip the fish out of the water in a relatively short period of time, to put it in a rustic way, there is a certain degree of raw pull factor.