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Different handles - full wells shapes

Full wells handles on heavier rods - 4x full wells handles. Although it is always the same shape we have big differences in lengths, diameters and strength fo curves.

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I am a fishing teacher and I would like to find out why grips got names such as full wells half wells etc. Do you know where these names came from?

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