Josh Cooper
Fishing rod designer at Okuma Fishing Tackle, known for designing the X-Troll salmon trolling rod series; veteran of Lamiglas and Cousins Tackle.
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Sep 26, 2026
MarlonHOST
easy way to describe it.
Josh CooperGUEST
So if you're talking about action, you're talking about when the rod does flex, what are the characteristics of the flex? Does it flex at the tip first and then slowly progress down the blank? Well, that would be a fast action rod.
Josh CooperGUEST
If it flexes throughout the whole rod as you apply pressure to it and it kind of flexes further deeper into the rod, that would be a slow action rod.
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MarlonHOST
handles,