Whats the difference between a fishing rod, and a fly fishing rod.?
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Frankon 24 Jan 2010 at 10:29 am 1Fly rods are more accurate, also a fly rod is made to not scare all the fish in the area of which it was casted, a fly rod also gives you much more control over where you line/lure goes, a similarity is that they both reel the same way. (just reel like a normal rod) a fly rod usually is more flexible. – hope it helps
bassfisherman3283on 24 Jan 2010 at 10:53 am 2Fly rods are mostly used for trout fishing in streams and are very accurate on lure placement to me it looks hard to do and there is a lot of difference in the type of fishing line used.You usually only use flies when using a fly rod and the reels are a different shape. There are many different types of fishing rods and reels all that can be used for different techniques of fishing you have bait casting, and spinning reels. Spinning reels come in open face and closed faced models. Open faced spinning reels are good for a lot of finesse fishing techniques. Closed faced reels like the Zebco33 and 202 are great for kids to learn how to fish with and are good to use for bass and catfish and all panfish such as bream, crappie, bluegills. Bait casters are a little more difficult to use and require a lot of practice to learn how to use them well. They are a little more heavy duty reels. Hope this helps and good fishing no matter what rod and reel you decide to use.
BOBBERon 24 Jan 2010 at 10:54 am 3With a fly rod it is the weight of the fly line that delivers the fly to the water. With a fishing rod it is the weight of the bait or lure that the line delivers. The fly rod is more for finesse fishing.
GARY Hon 24 Jan 2010 at 10:55 am 4fly rods are specifically designed for salmon and trout (game fish)
normal rods are designed to cope with larger species such as carp barbel and things like that
plus on normal rods they have larger eyes than fly rods
Peter_AZon 24 Jan 2010 at 11:53 am 5The differences are the action, guides, and the grip.
The grip is the most visible– the reel mounts at the very end of the rod, with the grip above it. Other rods either have the reel seat in the middle of the cork (or foam) handle, or a “pistol” grip, again right below the reel seat.
Guides on a fly rod are small, spaced so the line will follow the curve of the rod as it bends. Except for the first guide, they are generally just a single twisted piece of wire, to minimize weight, keep the line close to the rod, and to interfere as little as possible with the bending of the rod. Other fishing rods are usually made with more complicated, welded guides.
And fly rods have very “slow” action; that is, they bend almost evenly over the entire length of the rod. Spinning and casting rods tend to be stiffer in the lower half of the rod, and more flexible towards the tip (“faster” action).
These are all features designed to make it possible to cast using the weight of the line, rather than the weight of a bait at the end of a basically weightless line (as in other fishing situations).
caunltdon 24 Jan 2010 at 12:37 pm 6I can’t fully agree with any of the answers that are up here so far….so….
I can take a fly rod blank and build a spinning rod out of it. Actually, a lot of guys up in the PNW (pacific northwest) take spey rod blanks and make float rods out of them. And as for species that fly rods are used/made for….it’s just about anything – if it weren’t then why would there be guys out there fishing MARLIN on fly rods?? Bass?? Striper?? Trout?? It’s all in how you, the angler, decide to use it.
And what makes a fly rod more accurate…..I’d love to challenge some one who thinks this is true…. I’ll take any rod you want, and you take a fly rod…and we’ll “duel.” lol Come on now, it’s all based on the user. I can put any presentation accurately where I want it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a fly rod, spinning rod, or baitcaster. It’s all in your casting abilities. The rod doesn’t cast itself you know.
Look, the difference is in the way the rod is built. Any rod – baitcasting, spinning or fly- can be built on the same blank. If you think otherwise, then you’re being slightly ignorant.
Typically the only difference in the types are – guide selection (NOT ALWAYS!), handle (& reel seat) design/placement.
(I will concede that fly rods are generally slower actions, allowing the line to fully load the rod for casting.)
As far as fly rods having guides that cause the line to “more closely following the curve of the rod,” that’s ridiculous. That’s why I carefully take the time to prep and space my guides. That’s the WHOLE point of guide spacing – to more evenly distribute the weight of the load upon the entire blank.