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Bream Fishing Rods And What To Look For
by Bob Ives
If you
want to get the most out of your fishing, having the right fishing
gear is of the utmost importance. This includes fishing reels, line,
sinkers, baits and of course the most important part, the fishing
rod. There are different types of rods for all kinds of fishing and
situations. If you are into bream, there are a couple of good bream
fishing rods that you might want to have in your possession. Just
like the right screw driver will make you a better carpenter, the
right bream fishing rod will make you a better bream fisherman.
When purchasing a fishing rod, you'll want to consider the length.
Does it fit your height and will you be able to easily cast it? The
longer the rod you can manage, generally the further you will be
able to cast your bait. Also, longer rods are good for 'flipping'
baits into tight spots that are not too far away from you.
Most rods come in fibreglass or graphite. Most fishermen agree that
graphite rods are more sensitive and help to telegraph the bite of a
fish better, as well as to help feel rocks and cover on the bottom
where you are fishing. When it comes to some types of fishing, like
topwater or situations where you might have to set a hook from a
very long distance, a graphite rod might work well because it will
be less flexible and help to get a better hook set.
When it comes to bream fishing, you probably won't have to worry
about top water, nor will you have to worry about setting hooks from
a long distance. The latter is because quite often an Australian
bream will help you out and set the hook for you by turning tail and
heading away from you.
When lure fishing, a good bream fishing rod is light to medium soft
action graphite rod around 1.8 metres line class to match 1, 2 and
4kg are perhaps the most popular and work well when surf fishing.
These make it easier to place small baits more precisely in
particular areas. They also provide greater sensitivity in lure
retrieval and to help you detect a bite, because often an Australian
bream will kind of nibble and pump your bait a bit before committing
to it. Of course, after it does take the offering, it will likely
run with it.
Now, if you are on the search for bigger bream, you should consider
fishing in rougher territory, like oyster racks encrusted with
barnacles, reefy outcrops in the shallows, fallen trees in the
water, and eddy ridden rocks. Big bream live here and are quite
often overlooked or just plain ignored because they're not that
convenient to get to. But this is some very good fishing and will
require heavier line and a heavier bream fishing rod. This calls for
lines of 4 kg to 6 kg lines with an abrasion resistant trace of up
to 10kg, and the rod and reel combo needs to be heavier and stiffer
than the norm, heavy enough to turn a big bream back towards you in
a hurry.
So, unlike a bass fisherman who may sport 10 or 15 rods, someone
interested in Australian bream fishing, could be well equipped with
just a couple of bream fishing rods: a good medium soft action
graphite rod around 1.8 meters for surf and normal fishing, and a
heavy slower action rod for those industrial strength moments when
you might trying to pull a wiggly bream out from the rocks or a
sunken tree.
by Bob Ives
www.bream-fishing.com.au |
