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carbon fibre rods

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

These high-tech rods are commonly used for coarse fishing in Europe, they are made using a variety of different qualities of carbon fibre. Varying in length from 3 feet through to the longest at ...

Thin, flexible fishing rods designed to cast an artificial fly, usually consisting of a hook tied with a lightweight material. More modern flies are tied with synthetic materials. Each rod is sized ...

tenkara rods

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

Tenkara rods are a type of fly rod used for tenkara fishing in Japan. A mixture of the rods in the other categories, they are carbon rods, fly rods and telescopic rods all in one. These are ...

IM/Modulus

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

This are trade names for particular graphite produced by the Hexcel Corporation. The numbers allow you to compare the quality of the material used to build different rods by the same manufacturer: an ...

spin casting rods

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

Spin casting rods are rods designed to hold a spin casting reel, which are normally mounted above the handle. Spin casting rods also have small eyes and, frequently, a forefinger grip trigger. They ...

spinning rods

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

Spinning rods are made from graphite or fiberglass with a cork or PVC foam handle, and tend to be between 5 and 8.5 feet (1.5 - 2.6 m) in length. The eyes decrease in size from the handle to the tip, ...

ultra-light rods

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

These rods are used to fish for smaller species, they provide more sport with larger fish, or to enable fishing with lighter line and smaller lures. Ultra-light spinning are generally shorter (4 - ...