Rod Taper?!!!

[East Coast Angler]

Originally Posted by Kevin Bogan

East Coast. Taper and action are generally the same. You could have two blanks form the same mfgr, wrapped on the same mandrel, and if one has more material in the butt section, it will be a little faster.

I never thought taper & action as one in the same

Taper can be slow or fast

so can action but you can have a slow taper fast action rod or a fast taper slow action rod

Its all about how a rod is maped out not the taper

also has little to do with material you can have a extra fast hard tip glass rod and a slow action soft tip graphite rod

all about how a rod is maped out

you can aslo use the same part of a mandrell and get different action rods

I agree with you on over priced custom rods I went to a builder and he wanted way north of $600 for a seeker

No way do I think a seeker is worth anywere near that no matter how pretty ot looks its still a seeker same goes for calstar phenix on and on

But to say a low quality graphite or glass rod is better than a high quality I dont get

If I were to agree with you I would just buy ulgy sticks for 69