Fishing Rod.
Everybody know that fishing needed fishing rod and reel but how to choose them is one question one must ask..
Choose is rod is simple if you know what you really want. Main reason you buy a rod is to fish.
4 questions you have to ask yourself.
- Where you want to fish.?
- How you going to fish?( e.g. using boat/ from shore or man make platform)
- What fish you expecting to get?
- How skillful are you.?
Now Tips for testing it a good rod here you guide to test the rod.
- Feel the rod strength and flexiblity. Design to you liking.
- A good rods must able take the pull of the fish.
- Rod should be well balance in weight when a reel is a mouth on.
- be sure Good line guide is use to make the rod.
- Test for rod line guide is correctly tried on the rod.( Ring Balance Test)
| Power: Ultra Light Light Medium Medium Heavy Heavy Extra Heavy |
Line Weight: 1 to 4lb Test 4 to 8lb Test 4 to 12lb Test 8 to 14lb Test 15 - 25lb Test 25lb Test and Above |
Lure Weight: 1/64 - 1/16oz 1/32 - 1/8oz 1/8 - 3/8oz 3/16 - 1/2 oz up to 1 1/2 oz 1 1/2 oz and Above |
How to do Ring Balance Test
Note: Test must be done without reel on the rod.
Hold with one hand at the rod from the tip and 2nd section and lift from floor.
like below picture.
A Rod with good Guide Ring alightment for Bait Caster rod Ring should pointed upward,
While spinning Rods should point downwards
Choosing a Reels
There's a wide variety of reels out there to choose from and there are quite a few manufacturers making them. They come in different sizes and shapes.
They are:
Spincast Reel (Also known as a Closed Face reel)
The Spin Cast Reel is typically an inexpensive type of reel and by far the easiest reel to use! I recommend it for a beginning fisherman's first reel.
The set will give you a lot of trouble free fishing and is capable of holding what ever you catch.
Spincast reels have a push button line release for casting and an enclosed "nosecone" where the line comes out of the reel. Spincasting reels are mounted on top of the rod and are used primarily by casual anglers, usually fishing for small to medium sized fish.
Spincast rods typically are 5 to 6 feet in length, have a short, "pistol grip" and small eyes. These rods are usually fairly limber in action and light in weight. Spincast equipment is fine for casting medium weight lures/bait. These don't usually work very well for heavy-duty fishing.
Spincasting reels typically are the easiest to learn but they have some failings. Typically, reels of this type don't have much line capacity, rendering them unsuitable for fishing that requires a lot of line or really heavy pound test. They also usually don't have a very good drag system and the gears in these reels are usually cast plastic or white metal. The gear ratio for the line retrieve is pretty low also, making it difficult to work a lure that requires any amount of speed. If casting accuracy is required, it is difficult with spincast equipment
The fish will run taking your line around stumps, rocks etc. until it breaks.
The fish could simply shake his head, and because of the slack on the line, the lure comes free.
Drag is something you'll learn to use over time, and unfortunately, the lessons can be heartbreaking knowing that one got away because it wasn't properly set.
Open Face Spinning Reel
The Open Face Spinning Reel. It is little more difficult to use than the Spin Cast, but it comes in a wider variety of sizes.
It comes in ultra-light models for smaller tackle used to catch small fish all the way up to a big bruiser used to catch bigger gamefish such as "Bull Reds" in the surf. It's very useful for situations when a longer casting range is needed.
Spinning rods are usually more limber than baitcasting tackle. This limberness is one of the things that makes spinning excellent for casting light lures or bait, much more so than either spincasting or baitcasting. The other thing that allows spinning equipment to cast light lures far is the design of the reel. The line is allowed to peel off the spool on a cast, unimpeded by either the nosecone of spincast reel or the friction of a turning baitcast reel's spool.
Spinning rods come in various lengths.
The line capacity of spinning reels is much higher than that of spincast reels so fishing for salmon or trout is possible. "Most" spinning reels have a much smoother drag too, something that is required for finesse fishing and for long running fish. However, the qualities that make spinning great for finesse fishing also somewhat limit where it can be used.
Bait Casting Reel
Last, but not least, there is the Bait Casting Reel.
Let me begin by stating that I do not suggest this type for your first reel. Maybe your third or forth once you're proficient with the other two reel types.
It is the most difficult to cast with, but it comes in widest variety of sizes, and can handle a lot of abuse day in and day out. There are models for light-weight use, and bigger models for catching huge fish such as Marlin.
Baitcasting is used anytime heavy cover is going to be targeted. It's ability to handle heavy line, lures and fish is unmatched as is its strength to weight ratio. Baitcast equipment is NOT meant to be used with light lures; anything under ¼ oz. would be better fished with spinning tackle. Baitcasting tackle is the goto tackle when big fish and big lures meet thick, nasty cover. Also, because you control the cast with your thumb, pinpoint accuracy is possible. Once you become proficient with a baitcast reel, it's possible to drop a lure in a 6-inch circle at 50 feet, with hardly a ripple on the water. That kind of accuracy and "touch" is rarely possible with spincasting or spinning tackle.
Baitcasting rods too come in varying lengths and look somewhat like a spincasting rod. But that's where all similarity ends. Baitcasting rods typically have a lot more backbone than the other types of rods. It's this backbone that allows you to muscle a fish from thick weed growth or away from timber. It's also this backbone that allows you to cast heavyweight lures, work big jerkbaits and twitch crankbaits effectively. Try these tactics with most spinning tackle and you'll be exhausted.
The Bait caster Reel mounts to the top of a bait casting rod (this has smaller guides attached to the top side of the rod). This has more uses than the spinning combo - but requires more coordination to use. The line comes off these reels from the top, so it doesn't twist, however, the angler's thumb is used to help control the speed the line unwinds off the reel when casting. Basically, if you forget to put your thumb down over the line on the reel, or don't use enough pressure, the reel spins faster than the line can go through the guides, so it creates a big mess of snarled, tangled line called a backlash, or a "woof" or various other descriptive names.
A really good comparison is what happens to a lot of necklaces thrown into a jewelry box and shaken. Imagine that mess all tangled together with only two ends, one safely hidden by feet of unused line on the reel, and the other at least six feet away, threaded through the rod, with a very sharp object tied to the end. Backlashes are a calculated risk when using a bait caster, and your angler may use many colorful metaphors if one occurs on his favorite reel.
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