Before buying a fishing rod, you should first consider your own development direction. If you like carefree, you will develop in the direction of leisure fishing. If you like the intense excitement on the court, you should develop into competitive fishing. Because two different fishing methods need different fishing tackle, you must first determine your own development direction. At present, the equipment used by domestic competitive fishermen is basically high-grade fishing rods, which are cheap for hundreds of dollars. It is not difficult to see fishing rods with thousands of dollars in the competition field. Coupled with the serious competition in the competition field, it takes at least several thousand yuan to equip a competitive fisherman. If you pursue a higher grade, it is not new for a person to buy tens of thousands of dollars of equipment. In addition, the usual fishing rod training, transportation, bait and other expenses are also a big expense. Therefore, competitive fishermen spend a lot of money every year. Before buying competitive fishing tackle, we should also consider the transportation problem. If you have your own car, there is no problem. If you don't have your own car, you should consider the mode of transportation. This is a very serious problem. It is difficult to carry a full set of competitive fishing tackle by bike. Leisure fishing is different, not to mention a carbon fishing rod, even a bamboo pole can have a good time. Nowadays, in the army of leisure fishing, there are also many people fishing with bamboo poles. When buying fishing tackle, the best way is naturally to ask a knowledgeable friend to accompany you, so that you can make full use of his experience to choose cheap products. But in the process of buying, you should ask your own questions and let him and the salesman answer them. Learning from them with an open mind can enrich yourself. Before buying a fishing rod, we must first determine the length of the fishing rod, whether to buy a long rod more than one meter long or a short rod about 600 mm, because the long-section fishing rod lacks several interfaces, which not only makes the force more uniform, but also makes it lighter. Don't underestimate the weight of these interfaces. In the playground with dense fish, it needs thousands of strokes and pole lifting every day. Even if only a few grams of weight is added to the fishing rod, the labor intensity will be very different. The advantage of short-section fishing rod is that it is easy to carry. Whether it is put in a basket or a rod bag, or even tied horizontally to the back hanger of a bicycle, it has little impact on safety. The disadvantage of short section bar is that there are several joints, which are not only less uniform in stress than long section bars, but also heavier than long section bars under the same length. In contrast, a longer fishing rod is vulnerable. To illustrate this problem, for example, two kinds of fishing rods with different lengths are tied to a basket hanging at the back of a bicycle. When the bicycle suddenly falls to the ground, the long fishing rod will be seriously injured. There is a simple reason. The speed at which the two bicycles land is the same, but the speed at the top of the two fishing rods is different. The radius of the long pole is larger than that of the short pole, so the speed is much higher than that of the short pole, so the impact of the long pole on the ground is mostly, and the top of the long pole is easy to break. About Brand and Price For a competitive fisherman, brand and price are very important issues, because they are related to his face and his ranking. Competitive fishing rods are all carbon rods, and its price includes two factors, one is brand, the other is material and technology. Competing fishing rods need higher weight. On the premise of ensuring hardness, the lighter the weight, the better Carbon rods are made of carbon fiber cloth and are divided into different grades. The higher the material grade, the lighter the weight and the higher the price, so the price of fishing rod is also high. There are strict restrictions on the length of fishing rod in the competition. The fishing rods allowed in the competition are basically 3.6 meters, 4.5 meters and 5.4 meters. It is enough to equip each length with a soft and a hard basic. In contrast, competitive fishermen are equipped with fewer fishing rods than leisure fishermen. For a leisure fisherman, brand is not very important compared with price, and price occupies the primary position. Every leisure fisherman is constantly purchasing and eliminating fishing rods, and there are many leisure fishermen with dozens of fishing rods. Especially for those old fishermen who have been fishing for decades, fishing rods of various lengths and hardness are basically equipped. Take several fishing rods of different lengths with you every trip, and choose the appropriate length according to the water situation. About the material of fishing rod At present, most fishing rods on the market are made of two materials, one is glass fiber reinforced plastic products, and the other is carbon plastic products. This is made of two different high-strength materials and different resins, and then made into different specifications of cloth, and then rolled, dried, cut and painted. FRP fishing rod can be regarded as an ancient product. It appeared in the market in the 1970s. As soon as it appeared in the market, it pushed the bamboo fishing rod off the historical stage. Carbon fishing rods have only been popular for about ten years. I remember they appeared in the market in the mid-1990s. Carbon fishing rods appeared in the market, occupying the position of middle and high-grade fishing rods, forcing FRP fishing rods to retreat to the corner of low-grade fishing rods. Compared with two kinds of fishing rods made of different materials, each has its own advantages. The price of FRP fishing rod is very cheap, ranging from several yuan to dozens of yuan. The price of carbon fishing rod is relatively high, the lowest price is around per meter 10 yuan, the lowest market price of 3.6m fishing rod is around 30 yuan, and the lowest price of FRP fishing rod with the same length is only a few yuan. It is precisely because of this price gap that some manufacturers wrap a layer of carbon on the surface of FRP fishing rods and sell them as carbon rods. How to distinguish two different materials? Carbon material conducts electricity, and FRP fishing rod insulates. There are also obvious differences in weight between the two materials. Carbon rods are much lighter than fishing rods with the same length and tonality. Generally speaking, the weight of a 3.6m carbon rod is only about 100g. At present, some 3.6-meter fishing rods only weigh more than 70 grams. The tonality of fishing rod refers to the hardness of fishing rod. When the fishing rod bears the weight, it is bound to bend. Hard-adjusted fishing rod has a small curvature, while soft-adjusted fishing rod has a large curvature. The elasticity of the hard-adjusted fishing rod is not as good as that of the soft-adjusted fishing rod, and the role of the fishing rod in absorbing and consuming energy is also relatively low, so it is necessary to use a thicker fishing line to slide the fish out of the water in a relatively short time. To put it bluntly, to some extent, there are factors that are hard to pull. Soft-tuned fishing rod can fully overcome the explosive force of fish and perfectly consume and absorb the energy of fish, but it also has a problem, that is, because the fishing rod is soft, it needs a large area to control the activities of fish and it takes a long time to consume the strength of fish, so it is necessary to avoid using soft-tuned fishing rod in the competition field. On the question of how to choose the hardness of fishing rod, you can choose according to your own experience, hobbies and actual needs. How to judge the tonality of fishing rod? Extend a fishing rod completely, or insert a root cutting rod, then hold the handle and gently shake your wrist up and down. The first half of the fishing rod will shake and the rest will remain motionless. The junction of bending and stillness is the defining point of tonality. Let's assume that the fishing rod is divided into ten parts. If the definition shop of fishing rod is three parts from the tip of the rod, then the fishing rod is three or seven sounds. And so on, the rest is not much to say. When you shake the fishing rod, you should also pay attention to one phenomenon. Some fishing rod interfaces are not perfectly matched, and the gaps at the interfaces are large. Not perfect surface contact, but bad point contact. When shaking the fishing rod, the hand will feel the shaking of the "card" and "card", which is very uncoordinated with the shaking of the fishing rod as a whole. Any fishing rod in this situation should be abandoned, and whoever buys it will be fooled. At the critical moment of stress, the fishing rod first forks from here. In this case, the fishing rod often has a large gap at the interface. How to check the quality of fishing rod When buying a fishing rod, we should first pay attention to its length. Although some products are also marked with length, it is not the actual length, but the total length including the interface. After removing the length of the interface, the actual length of the fishing rod will be shortened by one or two hundred millimeters. When measuring the length of fishing rod, it is best to carry a ruler to measure, or you can make full use of on-site resources to measure. For example, the standard length of the counter is1.8m, and the width of the floor tile is fixed. If you put the fishing rod on the counter, the length of two counters is exactly 3.6 meters, and the length of three counters is exactly 5.4 meters, which is exactly the standard length that a hunch should have. You can also put the fishing rod on the ground, then count the number of floor tiles and multiply it by the length of the floor tiles to calculate the length of the fishing rod. The paint on the fishing rod determines whether the fishing rod looks beautiful, which is a face-saving project. First, observe whether the rod body has scratches, and then touch the fishing rod with your hand to check whether the fishing rod has protrusions or depressions. This inspection is the key to the quality of fishing rod, so we must not be careless. If you find this kind of bulging or sunken fishing rod in a certain brand, you should put it on your blacklist for a certain period of time, because it is technically defective and should belong to unqualified products. We also need to check the joints, stick out each fishing rod, and then check the gap of each joint. The gap at the interface should be within 20 lines. If every joint of a fishing rod exceeded this range, I wouldn't choose this rod. Finally, unscrew the back plug of the fishing rod and take out each fishing rod one by one. First, observe both ends of each section to see if the wall thickness is uniform. If the thickness is uneven, be sure to say sorry. Then check the inner wall of the fishing rod against the light. The inner wall must be bright, and the rolled interface can't be seen. If there is an interface or stubble, give up the stick immediately. As mentioned above, the fishing rod is coiled, and at the same time, the fishing rod is also hot-pressed, so that the materials divided into several layers are melted, and the coiled rod body is integrated. If there is a joint or stubble on the rod body, it means that there is something wrong with the hot pressing temperature of the fishing rod. The author has suffered from this crop. I remember a stubble on a FRP fishing rod. Because I have no experience, I make do with it. As a result, when I collected the rod, the fishing rod could not be collected. With a little effort, the fishing rod will retract and the lower mouth of the upper fishing rod will open. Think carefully about the reason. When assembling the fishing rod, it was put in from the big end, which just pressed the stubble down. When using, pull the shaft to the small end, and the stubble will stand up. When it was dry, the stubble of the next fishing rod blocked the return of the last fishing rod. When forced, the stubble opened the lower mouth of the last fishing rod. When purchasing a fishing rod, we should also pay attention to whether the overall force of the fishing rod is uniform, which is the key to performance. When many small and medium-sized manufacturers produce fishing rods, they only produce the second half of fishing rods, and the first three sections are often purchased. You can imagine what it would be like to have a fishing rod with 28 keys and the first three paragraphs with 46 keys. For another example, if the fishing rod with 46 keys is matched with the rod head with 28 keys, is the overall stress uniform? Uneven overall stress will affect the transmission of power, and hard spots will appear at the tonality change, which will make the stress here much greater than other positions. At this time, after the bearing capacity exceeds the bearing limit, the fishing rod will definitely be pulled off here. How to test the uniformity of fishing rod? First, we tie a straight line to the fishing rod, then tie some heavy objects to the other end of the line, and then lift the fishing rod to bear the weight. At this time, you can clearly see whether the stress on the fishing rod is uniform from the side. The last inspection item for buying a fishing rod is to challenge the minimum stress limit of the fishing rod and pick up an item over 500 grams. If a fishing rod can't lift this weight, it has no value. Some people may ask, where can I find something with the right weight? We can use a whole bottle of mineral water, or we can put the baits sold by fishing gear shops in plastic bags, and the weight is marked on each bait package, so it is easy to determine the total weight. Before you do this experiment, you must get the consent of the store and clarify the responsibility system before you can do it. Otherwise, if you break someone else's fishing rod, will you pay for it? When assembling the fishing rod, the flexible cord at the tip is not firmly bonded, so it must be reinforced with glue after purchase. According to the author's experience, it is better that the soft cord with glue is two or three millimeters higher than the pole tip. That is to say, two or three millimeters of flexible cord stained with glue is higher than the pole tip, which can prevent the pole tip from puncturing the flexible cord, thus avoiding the flexible cord from being injured.