| Fresh water and salt water fishing gear is | | | | and allowing it to be easily retrieved after |
| really quite similar, but there are some | | | | the cast or when reeling a fish in. |
| basic differences in the two of them. | | | | |
| | | | When fishing for a type of fish where there |
| First, and most importantly, saltwater | | | | is a lot of casting and retrieving your line, |
| fishing gear have all their metal parts | | | | you might want to consider a spin cast rod. |
| specially treated, so they will resist | | | | Conventional spinning rods are better when |
| corrosion better than their non treated | | | | fishing for the larger types of fish such as |
| counterparts. | | | | shark or tuna, Surfcasting rods are very |
| | | | massive and quite long. They are constructed |
| Sea water fishing rods and reels tend to be | | | | very heavily to facilitate casting a huge |
| heavier and more durable than fresh water | | | | weight a long distance and getting it out |
| fishing gear as well. In spite of this, if | | | | there where the big fish are! Fly fishing |
| you are just beginning to attempt saltwater | | | | rods are being used more and more in salt |
| fishing, and you don't want to invest in | | | | water to cast streamers. They are very thin |
| saltwater equipment just yet, you really | | | | and flexible. |
| could use your heavier duty freshwater gear, | | | | |
| provided you meticulously clean it when you | | | | Saltwater fishing rod grips are the part of |
| are finished, in order to prevent damage in | | | | the rod you hold onto. They may be made of |
| the future. | | | | rubber, or foam, and on the really good |
| | | | models, they are usually made of cork. |
| In the past, rods really were nothing more | | | | |
| than a mechanism from which to drop a hook | | | | Basically speaking, fishing reels are for |
| into the water, so you could pull in a fish | | | | storing deploying and retrieving your bait, |
| when it took your bait. Now, the more | | | | hook, and line. They use mechanical |
| sophisticated mechanisms are complex tools to | | | | technology to make it easier for fishermen to |
| help you cast farther and more accurately. | | | | handle large and strong fish. They utilize a |
| | | | drag system to make it easier to control the |
| The average length is about ten feet, but | | | | fish and to reel the line in once a fish is |
| rods are available from two to twenty feet in | | | | on your line. |
| length. Generally speaking, the longer the | | | | |
| reel, the better your advantage is when it | | | | Spinning reels are probably the easiest to |
| comes to casting great distances as well as | | | | use. If you are fishing for anything less |
| helping to set the hook and making it easier | | | | than the big saltwater fish, they should work |
| to reel in the fish. | | | | well for you. They have a line spool that is |
| | | | fixed in place on the bottom of the rod. They |
| Rods generally have guides and wire loops to | | | | are the best choice for light tackle and |
| help your line travel from the reel outwards | | | | particularly good for beginning fishermen. |