Rod “action” gets overcomplicated online. You don’t need a physics degree. Action is basically where the rod bends and how quickly it transitions from bend to backbone. That bend point affects casting ...

There’s one thing crankbait rods for bass all have in common—a parabolic bend. That flex, which is described as a slow or moderate action, stretches from tip to handle. It creates long casts, controls ...

I was 12 when I went on the first and last successful fishing trip of my childhood. That summer, my father’s secretary Melody and her husband Ed took us all trolling for salmon on Lake Michigan. Ed, ...

Gives you some flex to control smaller spinners but retains plenty of backbone to set the hook with authority. Best for ¼- to â…œ-oz. A mid-priced model that doesn’t skimp on performance and covers ...

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Walking into a fly shop and perusing the available rods in the rod rack points towards a tremendous number of rods in the 9 foot-category. We are in trout country so it makes sense that the ...