Competitive or Recreational?

Fishing Gear Shopping

Before buying a fishing rod, you should first consider where you want to go. If you like to get away from it all, you should develop in the direction of leisure fishing, if you like the fierce excitement in the arena, you should develop in the direction of competitive fishing, because the two different fishing methods need to be configured with different fishing tackle.

The equipments used by Chinese competitive anglers are basically medium and high grade fishing rods, the ones that cost a few hundred dollars are considered cheap, and the ones that cost a few thousand dollars are not difficult to be seen in the tournaments, coupled with the serious phenomenon of competition in the tournaments, so the equipments for a competitive angler need a few thousand RMB at the least. If the pursuit of a higher grade, a person to buy tens of thousands of yuan of equipment is not new. Add to this the cost of rod practice, transport and bait on weekdays, and it's a lot of money. So, competitive anglers spend a lot of money every year. Before you buy competitive fishing gear, you also have to consider the problem of transport, if you have your own car, there is no problem, if you do not have your own car, you have to consider the problem of the mode of transport, which is a serious problem, riding a bicycle, it is difficult to carry a full set of competitive fishing equipment.

There are many people who use bamboo poles for recreational fishing. When choosing fishing gear, the best way is to ask a knowledgeable friend to accompany you, so that you can make full use of his experience to choose the best products at a good price. However, in the process of shopping, you should put forward your own questions, let him and the salesman to answer, learn from them can enrich themselves.

Choice of length

Before buying a fishing rod, you should first determine the length of the rod you are buying, whether you want to buy a long-sectioned rod that is more than a metre long or a short-sectioned rod that is about six hundred millimetres long. Because the long section of the rod less a few interfaces, not only the use of the force is more uniform, and the weight will be lighter, do not underestimate the weight of these interfaces, in the fish crowded tournament field, every day you need thousands of times to play the rod, lifting the rod, even if only a few grams of weight on the rod, the intensity of labour will have a very big difference. The advantage of a short-section rod is that it is easy to carry, either in a car basket or in a rod bag, or even strapped horizontally to the rear hanger of a bicycle, without much impact on safety. The disadvantage of short rods is that they have a few extra ports, so not only are they not as uniform as longer rods, but they also weigh more when compared to longer rods, provided they are the same length.

In comparison, longer rods are more prone to damage. To illustrate the problem, two rods of different lengths are tied to a basket hanging from the back of a bicycle, and the bicycle suddenly falls to the ground, the longer rod will suffer more serious damage. The reason is very simple, the two bicycles fell to the ground at the same speed, the speed of the two rods at the top of the movement is not the same, the radius of movement of the long rod is larger than the short section of the rod, so the speed of movement is much higher than that of the short section of the rod, the long section of the rod on the ground impact force will be most of the long section of the rod on the ground, the top of the long section of the rod is very easy to fall broken. About brand and priceFor a competitive angler, brand and price are very important issues, because it is related to their face and their ranking. Competitive fishing rods are all carbon rods, and its price consists of two major factors, one of which is the brand, and the other is the material and craftsmanship. Competitive fishing rods have a high weight requirement, and the lighter the weight the better when using them, while keeping the stiffness. The material used to make carbon rods is carbon cloth, which is divided into different grades. The higher the grade of the material, the lighter the weight and the higher the price, so it causes the price of the rods to be high.

Tournaments have strict limitations on the length of the rods, and the rods permitted for use in tournaments are basically the three kinds of rods: 3.6 metres, 4.5 metres, and 5.4 metres, and one soft and one hard rod for each length is basically enough, compared with the number of rods equipped for a recreational angler, which is less than that for a competitive angler. For a recreational angler, brand and price are less important than brand, and price takes precedence.

Every recreational angler is constantly purchasing and eliminating rods, and there are plenty of recreational anglers who own dozens of rods. Especially for those who have been fishing for decades, every length and hardness of rod is basically equipped. Every time you go on a trip, you have to carry several rods of varying lengths, choosing the right length according to the water conditions.