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I'm just going to put this one out there:Is the implementation of a fishing license being pushed for by a vocal minority who are fed up with the mismanagement of fresh water fishing in this state?

Gday.The two varieties of rods you're talking about will be constucted differently and use different kinds of guides depending on whether it is designed for an overhead or spinning reel.Any blank (the long thin tube of rolled fiberglass or carbon graphite fabric that is the rod) has its own "backbone" - actually some can have two. The backbone is the natural strength (or weakness) or the blank to tend to want to bend one way more than the other. Without getting too far into it: a backbone will determine which way a blank naturally wants to bend and if it is made to bend another way than intended (ie- not along it's backbone), the rod will end up wanting to twist in your hands when under load.Finding a blank's backbone is one of the first steps when a rod is being built. I would be willing to put money on the fact that a lot of lower and mid range rods that are massed produced these days are assembled without even the slightest thought towards the blank's backbone. Higher end rods or those made by a good custom rodbuilder SHOULD always have had the backbone found and the rod built accordingly.An overhead or baitcaster rod will have it's guides aligned on the outside curve of it's natural backbone (obviously because the line is going to run along the "top" of the rod). A spinning rod is the opposite: guides along the inside curve of the backbone as the line is running "underneath" the rod.One other difference that's easily spotted is the kind of guides that are used. Spinning rods will have guides are "taller" or "higher" than batcaster guides. Often baitcaster guides will be of the "double foot" variety while spinning guides are often single footed on light rods but double footed on heavier rods.Confused? Excuse my ramblings - I can be a bit passionate about such topics. There's no smoke and mirror tricks: just go into any decent shop and tell them what kind of fishing you do, what kind of reel you use and they SHOULD sort you out with a good rod to suit your needs.Cheers.

Good read gents. Dont I feel young and inexperienced now!Spent a little bit of time with my mates fishing jettys and the beach during my teenage years. Although I think there were more beers drank than fish caught. Met some like minded people and been fishing the last three years regularly (Im only mid 20s). Spent alot of time on the torrens chasing carp when I lived near by, Snapper down south, whatever i can catch in west lakes and have done a trip to rocky and greenly to tackle something a bit bigger.Something I enjoy both by myself and with mates to relax.

Good read gents. Dont I feel young and inexperienced now!Spent a little bit of time with my mates fishing jettys and the beach during my teenage years. Although I think there were more beers drank than fish caught. Met some like minded people and been fishing the last three years regularly (Im only mid 20s). Spent alot of time on the torrens chasing carp when I lived near by, Snapper down south, whatever i can catch in west lakes and have done a trip to rocky and greenly to tackle something a bit bigger.Something I enjoy both by myself and with mates to relax.

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I use the ray bans as well, but mine are also getting scratched. Time for a new pair!

Just finished doin' all me Chrissie cards tonight with a view to postin' them tomorrow - then I suddenly thought, "Why not wish all those contributors on 'Strike & Hook' a Merry Christmas as well?". So, Merry Christmas, Guys (& Girls) - tight lines and excellent fishing experiences in 2011, and thanks for all your posts in 2010.Cheersarcherfish