On 6 Dec, 05:34, rw wrote:
Mike wrote:

Could you tell me how you would rate a #6 weight rod?

To be fair, there are objective ratings and subjective ratings. People
rate movies and TV shows and fly rods, but not in the relatively
objective way that fly lines are rated. The difference is semantic.

Fortenberry is trying to pull your string. Don't fall for it.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

I don´t think so, he just refuses to grasp the matter. He can no
longer "pull my string" as you put it.

Also, I am not making the point for him, but for people who might be
interested.

In this case the difference is not semantic. The AFTM rating is an
absolutely concrete objective physical definition for any given line.

There is no AFTM definition for any given rod, there never has been,
and there never will be.

The rating of any fly rod is entirely subjective, and it has nothing
at all to do with the AFTM standards.

TL
MC