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When you look at fishing as a whole, fly rods are different from any other type of fishing rod. You can use fly rods in fresh and saltwater. The casting action and the tackle (flies) are vastly different than conventional fishing using casting, spinning, or trolling rods.
When looking for a fly rod, you want to take into consideration the areas you plan to fish as well as the type of (size of) flies you are using. When casting a fly rod, you and the rod are doing all the work. These rods are consistently longer than most conventional rods. Their length can range from 7 to 11 feet in length. They can be made from twitchy carbon fiber, slow-loading fiberglass, or natural materials like bamboo or Tonkin Cane.
As you progress in your fly casting/fly fishing skill, you'll find that more than one fly rod may fit your needs. The elements and the type of water you are fishing can make a difference in your casting, and this is where you'll want to have more than one fly rod at your disposal.
When looking for the right casting rod for you, there are two main questions to consider from the start.
Answering this last question can help figure out the type of fish you are trying to catch and the possible types of cover you'll be fishing.
Casting Rods are made to have the reel sit on top of the rod with the spine underneath the rod. Average casting rod length has grown over the years, and the materials they are made from have also changed.
There are two reasons for this migration in size: the improvement in rod blank materials and the increase in tackle weight. For example, in bass fishing, an 8-foot rod today weighs less than a 6-foot rod made twenty years ago. It was also not common to find bass fishermen who stood in the front of a boat for 9 hours a day throwing 4 OZ swimbaits. Today, that can be a successful tactic. To do that, you need the leverage a longer rod provides.
Your first fishing experience with an "open-faced" reel was most likely attached to a spinning rod. One of the main reasons for this is their combination of ease and performance.
Spinning rods come in all sizes, and that's because of their versatility. You can use a 36-inch ultra-light ice rod to jig up small panfish with a 1/64 OZ jig, or you can snap on a 12 OZ egg sinker to your 11-foot surf rod to get your tackle out far off the beach and anchor it down in heavy currents.
Spinning rods are made from graphite, carbon fiber, and fiberglass composites like other rod types. Each one of these materials provides unique characteristics in its taper, speed/action, and weight. Fiberglass is typically the slowest material but has the greatest durability and provide the most leverage for bigger game. Carbon Fiber is the lightest and most sensitive material but also brittle, making warranties and replacement something you'll want to understand.
Ice fishing rods are unique in that they are the shortest of rods. This is mainly due to the small fishing area which comes with ice fishing. This size constraint requires the rod to be sensitive enough to detect subtle cold-water bites but strong enough to hoist large game through a hole in the ice at your feet.
Most ice rods are between 28 and 36 inches and are generally made of fiberglass or composite. One of the main reasons for fiberglass is its excellent combination of flexibility, sensitivity, and durability. Graphite and carbon fiber are more brittle, and the taper on those rolled blanks generally allows them to bend one-third or halfway through the blank. Fiberglass bends down to the butt. This will enable you to use every inch of the rod to fight your fish in confined spaces.
Once you've decided on the type of ice fishing rod you'd like to build, contact one of our professional builders. We have several that focus on excellent custom design and components along with perfect performance for how you like to fish. If you want to learn more about ice fishing or new techniques with your custom rod, check out fishingduo.com. They have great tips for improving your ice fishing.
