Fishing World

DRAW A BLANK

IN fishing there’s a lot of terminology that the average folk would not have a clue what we are talking about. There’s gutters, ebb tide, green cabbage, wiras, swallo-alls, boots, starboard, port (Not the drinking type) and the list goes on and on.

The same goes for rod building, and in this piece I want to try to explain some terms that you may have heard but were too afraid to ask.

“Usually with softer action rods fish need to

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