rods and poles

[paulzjoh]

In the forties and fifties a child had a bamboo pole, with a line and a
hook,  tied on the end, whereas grownups had bamboo rods with ferrules ,
a reel and a lure.  This was in Ill. and Wis.
The bamboo rods were compound; being made out of split pieces of bamboo
and then joined together with both glue and ferrules. In addition a
handle for the reel was permanently attached.  In my mind a rod is
always an artifact, where a pole is just a long stick

Jim Parish wrote:

>Katherine Martin asked:
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>>Does anyone have further insight into this, specifically concerning a)
>>whether "pole" does typically indicate a simpler sort of fishing rod;
>>(b) whether there is a colloquial/standard dimension to pole/rod?
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>Hmm. I don't commonly use either word, but I think I would regard "rod" as a
>hyponym of "pole". The proverbial stick with a string on it is a fishing (or
>fishin') pole, but definitely not a fishing rod.
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>Jim Parish
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