Resiliency of a Fly Rod
The rod quality of resiliency is often confused with that of pliancy. The two qualities are, however, quite different, although, in a way, interdependent. As a very rough example of the distinction between pliancy and resiliency it may be said that a piece of copper wire may be bent, thus showing the possession of pliancy, but when the strain is released it will retain the bend. But if you bend a piece of whalebone it will, when released, immediately spring back to its normal condition. Resiliency, then, is the rod's ability always to come back, rebound, to the normal after any reasonable strain. It can only be attained by expert construction and the use of the best material obtainable. The degree in which the rod is endowed with this quality determines the length of its life, for no one likes to use a rod which has lost its speed and liveliness, and has acquired a lifeless and permanent set, although otherwise it may be intact.
Camp, Samuel Granger. Fishing Kits and Equipment,. New York: Outing Pub., 1910. Print.
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