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.

Use attention

Regular manufacturers or high-grade fishing rods have the maximum subline instructions, strictly in accordance with the requirements of the use of subline, even if you catch a very large fish or occasionally hung on the bottom, after the force of cutting the subline, the rod is protected. So do not arbitrarily increase the strength of the line.

Do not lift the rod too hard, and try to avoid lifting the fish directly to the shore and the hooked fish to the surface. Should be traction, large fish must be slipped, slipping lack of use of codend, everywhere to reduce the strength of the rod. If you need to adjust the floating position during the fishing process, be sure to first close the rod, one hand pinch the upper part of the drift seat fishing line, the other hand to pull the space bean and drift seat, to avoid the force on the rod. If there are big fish in the fishing waters, the fishing rod should be equipped with a lost hand line to avoid big fish pulling away the rod, causing undesirable trouble.

Whether it is a hand rod or a sea rod, it is best to use a clean soft cloth to wipe the rod as it is being closed. Prevent mud and water stains from entering the wall of the rod, causing wear and tear to the rod and scratching the paint.

The metal clips on the rods should be kept away from water to prevent rust.

When fishing, you should also pay attention to prevent stepping on the rod on the ground. Prevent the fish from dragging the rod on the ground friction, support the rod to prevent the fish from being dragged into the water. All of these are commonplace and should be brought to the attention of anglers.

Some anglers in the fish hook by the bottom of the debris hanging after the rod, always hard to lift the rod, or the rod will be picked and raised, which is very wrong action, may be broken rod, may also cause the interface broken or loose mouth. If the hook is hung, you can use your hand to hold the line and stretch it. If you still can not pull, you can wrap the line around the waist, and then backward, which of course, either the hook is broken or line loss, which is an inevitable move.

Fish rod card section stretch out, do not squat to the ground, so that the interface is most likely to squat crack. When fishing, although the rod has a good flexibility and toughness, should not be thrown violently to prevent the rod from breaking.

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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.