Fishing Rod Comparison

Put yourself amongst some experienced anglers and shout "ALL FISHING RODS ARE THE SAME!"

the retort will, almost certainly, be an enormous amount of laughter, maybe a few expletives and some reasons, from the more experienced, why you are talking nonsense.

The fact is that for every type of game fish, there are almost as many rods. You could not have one fishing rod that will suit all types of fishing. In this article I have listed a selection of fishing rods with an explanation as to the reason that they are best suited to the type of fishing they were designed for. Here is a quick fishing rod comparison.

A Bass Fishing Rod:

One of the most popular game fish is the bass. Competitions to fish for both saltwater and freshwater bass take place in waters every year and the angler who catches the largest of this species gets to, not only, win a handsome prize but is armed with a wonderful story to bore their friends with. Anglers love to fish for bass as they are great fighters and take a high level of skill and cunning to land them. This means that a rod that is designed to catch bass has to be strong and durable for long periods as bass can put up a fierce fight for quite some time.

While fishing for bass your rod will take a fair bit of punishment. It will need to bend this way and that before you are able to reel the fish in. Also bear in mind that bass come in different sizes as do the rods, however, the common factor is that they all have to be, not only, strong but enormously flexible. Very often fishing rods designed for bass fishing are manufactured from fiberglass. Although not as strong as graphite, fiberglass is great at constant and extreme flexing.

A Trout Fishing Rod:

To fish for trout you don't need to have a rod that is quite as acrobatic as a bass rod. Although there are some large trout swimming about they generally are lighter and not quite so feisty. Don't get me wrong, trout can still be great sport as can be seen by the high numbers of anglers that go fishing for trout every year.

Trout fishing rods can be quite long, ranging from 7 to 10 feet. A common choice is of 9 feet in length as they can be used either from the shore or when fishing from a boat. They are usually manufactured from graphite. Although not as flexible as fiberglass, graphite is perfect for trout fishing rods. I will mention that there are also fly fishing rods, however, these need to be discussed in another article.

Crappie angling rods:

Despite the rather amusing sounding sub-title, well to me it is amusing but then I have an infantile sense of humor, I will explain the type of rod needed to fish for little crappies. Fishing for these fish usually requires "jiggling". "Jiggling" or sharply flexing the rod in an up and down action continuously to mimic the movements of crappie food. The rod needs to be light so as not to be too tiring on the users wrist and arm when performing "jiggling". Comfort to the angler is of prime importance when it come to fishing for crappies.

That wraps up this fishing rod comparison. There are many types of rods and you will find that if you use the correct type of fishing rod with the type of fishing you are trying to catch, you will increase your chance for success.