What Rod Should You Use For Surf Fishing

For surf fishing you need a fishing rod with a specific design and features. You need to select carefully the rod that will best fit your needs. Here are some tips that will help you make an intelligent choice.

The power of a surf rod is known as the backbone. This determines the fish fighting strength of the surf fishing rod.  Surf fish are powerful so you need a rod that has strong backbone. However, you don’t want to sacrifice the rod’s casting distance so you need a surf fishing rod that has medium power rating.

Surf fishing requires the ability to cast long distances. In order to be able to cast as far out as possible surf fishing rods should be long. A good length would be between 10 feet and 12 feet.  Rods that are too long will be harder to cast while rods that are too short will greatly decrease casting distance.

Surf fishing rods are designed differently for different types of fishing. Some fishing rods are built for fast action while others are built for medium or slower action. This is determined by the taper of the rod.  Fast action surf rods will be designed to bend from the upper section of the rod and slower action rods will bend from the lower section. Surf fishing rods are designed to have medium action that should bend from the middle of the rod.

Various materials are used in the manufacturing of surf fishing rods. Top quality surf fishing rods are fitted with silicon carbide guides.  This is the best guide available since it is very hard, resists wear and tear, and is very smooth that will greatly help in improving your casting distance.  A second best would be ceramic guides, whilst not as hard they still offer good reliability.

Examples of good surf rods are:

• Lamiglas Graphite Surf and Jetty – A range of 16 rods with casting and spinning models. All these are designed for use in surf on rocky shores.
• Lamiglas Tri Flex Graphite Surf Rod – Four 2 piece surf rods with lengths from 8 feet 6 inch to 10 feet 2 inch. The big benefit of this range is that top quality materials are  used throughout to produce a rod with all the necessary characteristics for surf fishing without weight becoming a problem.
• Lamiglas Ron Arra Surf Pro Rod -  This comprises fourteen rods in different sizes with some 2 piece options. All were designed by Ron Arra the well known fishing guru.

Lamiglas make a vast range of rods so you should be able to find a suitable one whatever your needs.