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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: graphite fishing rods
Message-ID: <309@harvard.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 13:09:03 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 17 13:09:03 1985
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Keywords: sturdiness?

In general, graphite fishing rods are much more fragile than
fiberglass rods and don't react well to non-fishing forces. If you
catch a graphite rod in a closing car door, it will break while a
fiberglass rod will probably not break. The amount of caution required
is not large.

Graphite rods are lighter than fiberglass, cast farther and have a
characteristic that can only be described as "sensitivity". For some
reason I can tell better what a fish is doing with the bait or lure
while fishing with a graphite rod.

Beware of the hybrid glass/graphite rods where fiberglass and graphite
are combined over the entire length of the rod. These really don't
fish very well. You would be better off with a good fiberglass rod.
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  Marty Sasaki				net:   sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
  Havard University Science Center	phone: 617-495-1270
  One Oxford Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138