For numerous anglers, the choice of selecting which fishing rod they’re going to purchase and fish with, comes down to how it feels when they pull on the rod tip or shake it in the store.  Not a particularly logical way of selecting the most important piece of tackle you fish with, day in and day out.  Chances are if you are selecting your rods this way, you probably rarely; if ever, get the right rod or action desired.
 

For anglers, fly fishing takes them back to the ancient angling method of catching fish.  These anglers use only a fly rod, fly line, and fly reel.  Fly fishing is really a method of casting line instead of the lure.  The fly line that is weighted sends flies to the target area where fish are located.  Artificial flies that are tied to a leader can be made by an angler or purchased in a store. Flies are made from hair, feathers, fur, or other material that is attached to a hook with thread.  The size, weight, and color patterns are made to match the local forage or terrestrial and aquatic insects.

Today’s angler has numerous fishing rods to select from to fish with.  Salt or inshore anglers may require extremely heavy equipment for landing huge fish.  While freshwater anglers’ desirer lightweight and sensitive fishing rods with the ability to cast finesse lures accurately or long distances; along with fishing poles with enough strength to easily handle fishing in heaver cover.