Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!sasaki 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 Article-I.D.: harvard.309 Posted: Sat Aug 17 13:09:03 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:35:20 EDT References: <770@udenva.UUCP> <195@pyuxii.UUCP> Reply-To: sasaki@harvard.UUCP (Marty sasaki) Organization: Harvard Science Center Lines: 20 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. -- ---------------- Marty Sasaki net: sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp} Havard University Science Center phone: 617-495-1270 One Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138