Carbon vs fiber

[Simon G]

All my rods are carbon as they are ligher and easier to handle
but they are very very delicate which makes it a pain as you cand mistreat them
do good fibre rods perform as good as carbon ones ?

[sergio]

well, all my reel rods are fibre . i also had a couple of short (4m) fibre rods which were ok , but then i bought a 6m carbon hand rod and i must say the difference is quite big. i decided to only use carbon rods from now on . their sensitivity is amazing , not to mention their light weight , however simon is right , you DO have to take care of them. however i try to take care of all my equipment so it's not really an issue

[Simon G]

One of the must dos when taking care of your rods is to rinse them with warm water as it removes more salt then cold water

[sergio]

yep . i always do that to my rods , and my reels too. simon ,since u know a lot about equipment , i was wondering , what would be a good rod for bottom fishing from a small boat ? my friends have a 14 foot boat so i guessa short rod would be best as we dont have much room to move around . any reccomendations as to what to look for ?

[Simon G]

there are a few the best are 1-1.2mt one piece fiber rods
they cost about lm5 and are easy to store on the boat.
you can also use them for trolling for lampuki and other small fish
i know fishing world have and also aquatica.