Mike wrote:
On 5 Dec, 21:02, wrote:
thanks for the replies. The blank I builit the rod on is rated 6wt but
I have a hard time believing that is the optimal weight to through
with it. When I strung it with 6wt line if felt like I was throwing a
stick through a mudwall even with 15-20ft out if I went to 30 flex was
felt under the cork...when I switched to 5 it opened up and cast like
a dream with minimal effort. The reason I asked is that I have read
that newer wf lines are designed for fast action rods and wasn't sure
if it was the same with dt. I have some dt4 maybe I'll try that lots
of snow here in Cleveland today so that might postpone it for a bit.
Thanks again,
Brian

There is no "rating" as such for blanks, or rods either for that
matter. The only rating applies to the line.

Total nonsense. All modern fly rods and fly rod blanks are
given a line weight designation by the manufacturer. You can
argue that the designation is sometimes inaccurate but to say
that there is no such thing is demonstrably false and needlessly
confusing. Except in *very* rare instances the AFTMA line weight
designation given to a fly rod by its manufacturer correctly
identifies the fly line it will cast best. In fact I have never
encountered a situation where this was not true, even with the
cheap KPOS's I've tried.

This may be one of those very rare instances but it is definitely
unusual for a rod marked 6wt to be anything other than a 6wt.
If the 5wt line works well my advice would be to stick with it.

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Ken Fortenberry