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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 10:39 • #26 
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A stick is rigid and to me a rod described as stick-like would make me think of graphite.
Sticky means adhesive or viscous.
Neither would tell me that a rod is full flexing or has slow recovery, which is what I think the thread may be about?
Tar is sticky.


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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 12:48 • #27 
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Trev- Sticky could also be seen as having resistance or inertia when pulling away. When applying power to the back and forward cast "sticky" rods have a slower momentum almost like they're pulling away from resistance. At least that's how I'm interpreting it.


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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 13:21 • #28 
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Holdover describes exactly how I have always understood the term.


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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 14:26 • #29 
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@Holdover, your interpretation is likely correct in this instance,but, it is not something that I would understand if I had not read and reread the thread several times, and even then the meaning is foggy, wispy, ethereal, and absorbed from the context rather than understood.

The condition that I associate with increased inertia is increased mass, so the idea is a "heavy" rod, or more likely, perhaps, mass distribution resulting in a "tip heavy" rod that bends first in the mid and the tip catches up later. I have an old St. Croix that seems to hang up that way, it is very nice at roll casting, if you learn the timing. I call it "self loading".


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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 16:16 • #30 
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Trev,

The "sticky" Japanese rods I have handled,
are all "weighty", but none are "tip heavy".

To me tip heavy describes an imbalance in the rod.
These Japanese sticky rods are usually just slow-progressive tapers,
that are overall a bit heavier, but definitely not out of balance.

Also, the majority of rods described as "sticky" are 7'6" and shorter.

Personally, I find that the "heftiness" of these types of rods
greatly aides in short-line cast/loading. I really enjoy this.
I've never encountered a heavy rod in these lengths that I've ever found burdensome.


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Re: “Sticky” Glass
Post 17 Apr 2023, 20:56 • #31 
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My only experience is with a 6'6" Ijuin. I agree with Corlay in that it has a pleasant heft and the tip is not stiff..stable would be a better descriptor.


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