In a rod building world filled with 25 to 75 person events, gatherings, seminars etc. the ICRBE stands alone. My wife and I drove for about eight hours to attend for the first time. I have known about the ICRBE for many years so I was expecting a lot but also expecting to possibly be disappointed by over hyped expectations from all I have read and seen about the event. I was NOT disappointed and
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What you feel on the end of fishing rod is not a > vibration. It is resistance as leverage. I can't > imagine this is even debatable. > > ............. Correct. To put it plainly it is resistance creating leverage on the rod that is interpreted falsely or otherwise by fishermen as vibration.
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One thing I know--- neither a jig or plastic worm vibrates. You feel them if they are in contact with the bottom or other structure. So what you are feeling is indeed resistance. Once the subject of sensitivity is accepted as leverage then you can ask further questions such as if two rods are equal in length is the faster or slower action rod more sensitive? Is the softer or stiffer rod more sens
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Because a longer rod is a longer lever for whatever is on the other end of the line. Which completely flips the definition of sensitivity and which I feel is likely the correct definition.
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Vibrations whether be they be heard or felt, are vibrations nonetheless. ................................................................................................................. Incorrect. A pull or some sort of varied resistance is not a vibration. Water is too dense for that.
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There is zero chance that vibrations can travel along a fishing line in an underwater medium. The water will damp out any such vibrations in an instant. Not the same as vibrations along a line suspended in the air. In water you are talking about a medium that is almost 800 times denser than air at sea level. Any feeling or feel has to be something else. I think it is probably a pull or resistance
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