Before the winter fishing for many the question arises, how to choose a fishing rod for winter fishing? Fishing rods can be divided into 3 main types:
Winter float rod
Winter fishing on mormyshka
Winter fishing rod trolling
For successful fishing in the winter you need to take several rods. Float rods up to 5, on the jig as well, and a spoon is enough 2 – 3.
Design of the winter fishing rods
It can be with a coil or without it. Initially the rod is not included spools for fishing line. Fishing line wound on the whip or stick. This method has its advantages and disadvantages:
The advantages include the ease of manufacturing such rods. This rod is cheap and convenient, but if you want to do it anyone can. These rods are for fishing without a nozzle and with a bit of depth.
The disadvantages include a gradual bending of the arm or whip, gradual injury of the line and the loss of her strength. It’s not possible to accurately adjust the length of the line. Overslow line is very difficult to reel back on the rod.
How to choose a fishing rod for winter fishing without coil
If you prefer a baitless fishing, take a rod of dense foam. This rod is very lightweight that makes it easy to play a jig at shallow depth. On a fishing rod is wound a couple of feet of thin fishing line (5). That’s enough.
The classic version of the winter fishing rods for blesneniya is spinning hard with the handle of cork, and above the handle of the whip strapped one. Dropping the fishing line through the reel you can determine exactly how much fishing line you did.
The rod and reel
Now, the popularity gained fishing rods with reels. They are divided into rods with a handle and with a handle integrated into the case. The coil can be in the case without it.
Coil in the casing is most often used when fishing on mormyshka. Use thin fishing line, which case will protect from freezing. The housing may be of rigid foam or plastic. Bulky coils are not recommended as they often use big details which often go crazy, and the housing may be deformed.
Coil without housing used for fishing with a thick fishing line when trolling, and balancer. Here is applied the coil is quite large in diameter. Thick line is frosting and the coil will greatly facilitate fishing. At a depth of 10 meters and with a coil with a diameter of 70 mm spinner itself will unwind the fishing line when lowered under the ice. If you do this kind of coil in case it will get in the way and become cumbersome.
So how to choose a fishing rod for winter fishing?
Most often the main selection criterion is a convenient handle of the rod, the quality of its build and the diameter of the enclosing line.
The choice of whip on winter bait
In the design of any winter fishing rods are spinning – whip. This is an extremely important element in choosing a fishing rod. It helps to fight the fish after hooking and make the same trip in time.
The whip must be hard. Whips made of polypropylene have a strong memory to deformation and thus is not rigid. Polystyrene whip some of the most unreliable, as they are very often broken. A good option would be a whip made of polycarbonate. Such a whip can be caught with a jig and float.
The best choice is a whip made of fiberglass. Thin GRP is suitable for any type of fishing. They can be caught on small spinners and line of 0.14. For a thicker fishing line will need a more durable whip made of thicker fiberglass, or steklokremnezita. You can use just carbon whips for fishing with a depth of 8 – 10 meters. It is necessary for a hard hooking a pike perch, bersha.
The stiffness of the whip has the same importance. Give the stiffness by changing the length of the whip. Remove excess material or make it thinner with sandpaper.