The Spanish Costa Dorada stretches southwest from Barcelona to Tarragona on the east coast. With beautiful sandy beaches next to the mountains, quaint villages and coastal towns, the Costa Dorada is a popular tourist choice for holidays all year round. Families gather here not only because of the wonderful climate and magnificent sandy beaches, but also because of the many attractions. The Costa Dorada has the resorts of Salou and La Pineda, Salou forms an eight-kilometer continuous resort. This stretch of the Mediterranean has beautiful sandy beaches that are ideal for sunbathing, swimming, and a wide range of water sports. The whole family will be happy to take a trip to the Aquopolis water park in La Pineda, and the most famous Spanish theme park, Universal PortAventura. Aquopolis Water Park is on the outskirts of La Pineda and is a great place to cool off when the weather is at its peak. You will even get the chance to swim with the sea lions in the park. The Universal Port A...
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Modern materials - fiberglass, carbon fiber and composites - are constantly expanding the possibilities of fishing tackle. They allow you to create tackle that combines the required length, elasticity, strength and low dead weight. Until now, our compatriots can meet bamboo and even wooden rods. But the time of wooden rods is gone, they are not able to compete with modern materials.
What are composite materials? These are materials that are used in various combinations (compositions) of high-strength plastic and fiber materials. Rods are made of fiberglass, carbon fiber, boron fibers, high and low modulus graphite and some other materials.
Nowadays, you can buy a rod for almost every taste: from cheap fiberglass "telescopes" to high-end pole rods made of high modulus graphite. Fiberglass telescopic rods remain in the hobbyist's arsenal due to their low price and satisfactory strength. Their disadvantages are their large (compared to graphite and composites) weight, vulnerability to sunlight, and limited service life.
Carbon fiber rods (the material is a specially processed graphite) must be marked "carbon". They have a high degree of strength, light, with a given degree of elasticity. High-modulus graphite gives greater rigidity, and low-modulus - ductility, flexibility. Carbon fiber rods are durable when properly used. But carbon fiber also has negative properties.
First, they are fragile and require very careful handling. Hitting rocks or flicking a rod with heavy artificial bait can disable this expensive tackle. This will not happen if you handle your rod carefully. Don't throw it at your feet. Before moving from one fishing spot to another, the rod must be disassembled, even if the transition is a short distance. When moving, the rod must be stored in a rigid tube. Freeing yourself from the hook, you can not drag the fishing line with the rod.
Secondly, graphite is an excellent conductor of electricity, so working with such a rod in close proximity to electrical lines of current-carrying structures, as well as in thunderstorm weather, can be very dangerous. Manufacturers usually warn about this by placing a lightning sign on the rod. Any (!) rod during a thunderstorm can be quite a dangerous object. When raised to a vertical position, it attracts an electrical charge, increasing the risk of being struck by lightning. If the rod is marked with a lightning bolt, it is better not to use it during a thunderstorm.
