Abstract: An electronic sensor employs a strain gauge controlled by a microprocessor on a circuit board. The processor operates software to measure electric impulses from the strain gauge and to convert them into digitally recognizable numbers. Software provides for calibration of the electronic sensor specific fishing rods. The software also controls an LCD read-out device to allow the user to preset a known drag resistance force in suitable units of measure on the fishing reel and to continually read out the amount of force pressure on the fishing line after hook-up so that a user can apply maximum pressure on a fish while fighting the fish without breaking the fishing line.

Abstract: An electronic sensor employs a strain gauge controlled by a microprocessor on a circuit board. The processor operates software to measure electric impulses from the strain gauge and to convert them into digitally recognizable numbers. Software provides for calibration of the electronic sensor specific fishing rods. The software also controls an LCD read-out device to allow the user to preset a known drag resistance force in suitable units of measure on the fishing reel and to continually read out the amount of force pressure on the fishing line after hook-up so that a user can apply maximum pressure on a fish while fighting the fish without breaking the fishing line.

Abstract: A lacrosse stick string arrangement for receiving and manipulating a ball, the lacrosse stick having a head frame including a top wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and a pair of sidewalls which connect the top wall portion and the bottom wall portion. The string arrangement includes at least two longitudinal thongs extending in a spaced apart substantially parallel relation relative to the central longitudinal axis of the head frame, the longitudinal thongs being coupled to the top and bottom portions of the head frame, a plurality of flexible netting material extending between and intertwined with the longitudinal thongs, and a sidewall connection mechanism for connecting the flexible netting material to the head frame at the outer periphery of each sidewall.