Inch and Foot are terms that come from the United States and are commonly used by our anglers. But do you really know what these measures correspond to? And how do you convert them to our French measurements? Here's how to interpret Inch and Foot in your everyday fishing.
Convertisseurs Inch – centimètres et Foot – Mètres
Voici un calculateur automatique d’équivalence entre inch et centimètres mais aussi Foot et mètres adapté à la pêche:
Convertir des Cm en Inch
Convertir des Mètres en Pieds
Inch & Foot: Definition and measurement
Inch and Foot are units commonly used in the fishing industry to measure the the power of our rods and the length of our lures. Voici quelques informations à retenir sur ces deux mesures pour un pêcheur.
Inch or Thumb is a unit of measurement for length. 1 inch equals exactly 2.54 centimetres.
Foot or Foot is a unit that also measures length, but on a slightly larger scale. 1 Foot is equivalent to 30.48 centimetres.
The Inch and the Foot are primarily used in everyday life in the United States. They arrived on the market at the same time as lures and rods from abroad: the USA and Japan. Passing all the measures in Inch and Foot made it possible to standardise size scales worldwide. However, we will of course continue to use centimetres and metres as units of length.
Convert Inch to centimetres
As explained above, 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Fishing, This unit of measurement allows us to measure the size of your lures.
Here is a table of equivalence between Inch and Centimetres useful for lure fishing:
| Inch | Centimetres |
| 3/4 " | 2 cm |
| 1 " | 2.5 cm |
| 2 " | 5 cm |
| 2 ½ " | 6 cm |
| 2 3/4 " | 7 cm |
| 3 1/8 " | 8 cm |
| 3 ½ " | 9 cm |
| 4 1/8 " | 10.5 cm |
| 4 ¾ " | 12 cm |
| 5 " | 12.5 cm |
| 5 5/8 " | 14 cm |
| 7 ¼ " | 18 cm |
| 7 2/3 " | 20 cm |
Convert Foot to Metres
As explained above, 1 Foot = 12 Inch = 30.48 cm. In fishing, the Foot is a unit of measurement used to indicate the size of our fishing rods.
Here is a table of equivalence between Inch and Centimetres useful for lure fishing:
| Foot | Metres |
| 6 ' | 182.88 cm |
| 6 ' 6 " | 198 cm |
| 7 ' | 213.36 cm |
| 7 ' 2 " | 218 cm |
| 7 ' 6 " | 229 cm |
| 8 ' | 243.84 cm |
| 8 ' 6 " | 260 cm |
| 9 ' | 274.32 cm |
| 10 ' | 304.8 cm |
| 11 ' | 335.280 cm |
| 12 ' | 365.76 cm |
| 13 ' | 396.24 cm |
| 14 ' | 426.72 cm |
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