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Graphite, but they used to be made of fiberglas and they would occasinally break.

Then there was the matter of the circus act at Ringling Bros about 30 years ago where a person would be set at the top of a fiberglas pole about 30 feet tall and he would start to swing back and forth sort of like an inverted swing. I saw this and was fearful about what eventually did happen; the pole snapped when he was headed down and he was badly injured. The bottom line is that the material is strong but not trsutworthy over time in spring situations.

John B

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> Just out of curiousity, what are fishing poles, 
> including deap sea fishing poles, made out of?
> I thought it was fiberglass.
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