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? We can use a full bottle of mineral water, or we can put the lures sold in tackle stores in a plastic bag with the weight indicated on each lure package, and it is easy to determine the total weight. Before doing this experiment, you must ask the store's permission and proceed only after clarifying the accountability system. Otherwise, if you break someone's already unsturdy rod, do you compensate or not? When assembling the rod, the soft line bonded on the tip are not very strong, after the purchase, must be reinforced with glue. According to the author's experience, the soft line with glue is better than the rod tip by two or three millimeters, in other words, there are two or three millimeters of soft line with glue above the rod tip, which can avoid the rod tip piercing the soft line, thus avoiding the soft line from being hurt.

Choose a fishing rod does not have to choose the brand, as long as the price is right, especially beginners can choose some low-cost, inexpensive fishing rod practice, and then change the good fishing rod is very easy to get started.

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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.