Fishing rods
When choosing a rod here are some things to keep in mind: first and foremost what kind of material do you want your rod to be made out of? If you have seen the first Harry Potter movie, regardless if it’s with your son, daughter, nephew, niece or little cousin you would presumably have still been awake to catch that part where Harry was selecting a wand or as the wand maker had put it: the wand selected the wizard and not the other way around. Well you could go about with that whole concept, put yourself in his shoes only instead of picking out a wand made out of a phoenix feather or some elder yew, your rod options however are only limited to fiberglass, boron or graphite.
To expound, fiberglass is among the three the least expensive. Inexpensive while still providing you with some durability its faults however lie in its lack of sensitivity. In bass fishing however sensitivity is not nearly as necessary unless you are using plastic bait.
An upgrade in its price tag would lead you to the graphite rod. The first thing that comes to mind when graphite is mentioned would be tennis rackets. Think of it this way with tennis rackets, you are offered strength, durability and sensitivity. Any contact with your graphite rod would surely be felt.
Ranking highest amongst the rods would be one made out of golden fish bones, well not really however a boron rod which is more costly will offer every feature the other two posses only in cube root or to the nth degree or whatever mathematical equivalent there is for saying this is the best of the best, the strongest of the strongest etc etc.
Obviously beginners would be pointed towards using graphite as it is between the least and most favored.
Determining the kind of power or strength you need would require you to determine the type of fishing you plan to be doing. The heavy rod would equate to the stiffest one. This type of fishing rod is used when fishing in areas with thick weeds or to allow you to have control over fishes that plan to take your line through an obstacle course. Their not going down without a fight of course!
High stress rods do not soak up the weight of the fish you have on the line. While the light rods are best with equally light lines accompanied with a spinning reel, the pressure is channeled from the line to the rod. This is great when fishing in clear water where light lines are a necessity.