David Proudfoot

Tournament casting – Competition casting for distance using various weights.

Topshot – The length of main line or braid used on top of backing.

Tip Ring – The top most guide or ring on a rod.

Tip – The top section of a rod.

Tide Tables – a list of high and low tides with their heights for a particular location.

Tide – The movement of the sea in and out over the shore line.

Tidal range – the difference in height between high and low water.

Through-action rod – A rod where the blank is designed to bend from the tip to the butt.

Test curve – The method of rating a rod for use with a particular weight for casting, measured in pounds. Used mostly for carp style rods.