The best way to look at the taper is too, run the line through the guides, do your drag up tight and pull the line at an perpendicular angle to the rod and see how it bends.Alwaysloud wrote:For surf casting what type of Rod Taper do I need ?.Wolly Bugger wrote:Alwaysloud wrote:Thanks.
Should the tip of the rod be flexible/bendable ?. How many degrees should it be bendable when holding it 90degrees vertical ready for a cast, how many degrees should it bend back ?.
I think you are getting the wrong idea on the flex-ability of the rod.
The action of the rod is in the taper. There is fast, medium and slow tapers. Each has a particular use.
I have a variety of surf rods, and I much prefer the stiffer action rods than the rods that I have with a softer action. Except for the rod that I use for casting lures.
The rod when casting will load (bend) with the weight of the rig, a flexible rod will load with much less effort than a rod that is more rigid or stiffer.
If you over load a rod, there is a danger of breaking it.
I did go to a few stores to play around with the surf rods some seemed stiffer and some with flexible tips.
I do have a surf rod with the following specs 13FT, Rod Weight 10-15Kg, Casting Weight 85g - 225g Its Fibreglass. It's tip and tapering is very stiff what rod tapering is this rod classified under slow ?.
Thanks
As a rough guide, a fast action rod, bends mostly at the tip, whilst a slow action bends all the way down to the butt.
Alot of what I writing is from memory and it would be better to do some more research with a search engine and look at what other websites have to say.