butt section

The butt section, having separated from the rest, complete with reel, was hanging above her head, next to the cast, out of reach.

In a final, ill-considered act of desperation, she tried to knock the butt section clear, using the remaining two sections as a spear.

To prevent interference with casting movements, most fly rods usually have little or no butt section (handle) extending below the fishing reel.

Basic surf fishing can be done with a surfcasting rod between seven and twelve feet long, with an extended butt section, equipped with an appropriate spinning or conventional casting reel.

In order to fill up the reel spool and ensure an adequate reserve in case of a run by a powerful fish, fly lines are usually attached to a secondary line at the butt section, called backing.

I walked upstream along the east shore to where I could cast from the wide, man-made, cut stone embankment below the Interstate 84 overpass, and had worked out about 30 feet of line when the rod's butt section splintered.

Technique For Casting The heart of the pendulum cast involves fully "loading" the rod -ideally, the rod would be about 13 feet long with a graphite butt section and a fiberglass tip section - with a long, smooth buildup of power.

THE butt section of one of my fly rods is plastered with the tiny scales of snapper blues that will remain there for a season or two, reminding me of a fishing adventure with two of my grandsons, Morgan and Jesse Child.