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Inch, Foot: Everything you need to know about these length measurements for fishing

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.

Inch - centimetre and Foot - metre converters

Here's an automatic calculator of equivalence between inches and centimetres as well as Foot and metres for fishing:

Convert Cm to Inch

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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. Here are a few things to remember about these two measures for anglers.

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:

InchCentimetres
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:

FootMetres
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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