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Globeride's fishing products, sold under the Daiwa brand, account for the majority of its sales, including rods, reels, lines and fishing-related apparels (such as polarized sunglasses). The company also offers licensed Prince brand tennis gear, G-III brand golf gear, Bottecchia bicycles and other outdoor products.
Fly rod weights are typically expressed as a number from 1 to 12 written as "N"wt (e.g. 6wt), and each weight represents a standard weight in grains for the first 30 ft (9 m) of the fly line, established by the American Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Association. For example, the first 30 in (75 cm) of a 6wt fly line should weigh between 152 ...
Jigging gears are often involved with the luring of slow moving fish, most commonly during spawning periods. For successful jigging, the jigger needs to use a sensitive rod that is good for feeling a strike, and needs to stay in contact with the lure and get it to where the fish are. Most fish caught by jigs are on or near the bottom.
The Art of Angling, first published in 1651, is the first English language book to cite the use of fishing reels. 'Nottingham' and 'Scarborough' reel designs. The first English book on fishing is "A Treatise of Fishing with an Angle" in 1496 (its spelling respective to the manner of the date is The Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle [7] ').
Daiwa House, a Japanese homebuilder; The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, a United Kingdom-based charity; Daiwa Adrian Prize, awarded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation; Globeride (formerly Daiwa Seiko Corporation), a Japanese producer of fishing and outdoor equipment; Daiwa Major, a Thoroughbred racehorse
The company was founded in 1955 in Osaka [8] [9] [10] and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange, being a constituent of the TOPIX [11] and Nikkei 225 [12] stock indices. In 2012, the Scout Association of Japan received a donation of a large forest of approximately 2.7 square kilometers in Takahagi, Ibaraki ...
A cleaning rod is a firearm maintenance tool that can be used to clean the inside (bore) of a gun's barrel, and is made in different sizes for use on different barrel lengths, calibers and gauges. It is a sturdy, long, thin, straight rod typically made of metal, rigid plastic or carbon fiber , and usually has a handle at one end for gripping ...
The term jig was probably derived from the French giguer, meaning 'to jump' or the Italian giga. [5] The use of 'jig' in Irish dance derives from the Irish jigeánnai, itself borrowed from the Old English giga meaning 'old dance'. [6] It was known as a dance in 16th-century England, often in 12