"Peter A. Collin" wrote in message
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Have you ever bought a fly rod that was rated incorrectly
by the manufacturer ?


I have. I bought a Cortland that was rated for a 4/5 line, back when I
was still fairly green. I never could cast well, and wondered if I was
some kind of a klutz. Years later, I tried a 6 weight line on it and cast
perfectly....

I've got a 7 wt. St. Croix that works much better with a 10 wt. line.
Tested it with various lines (courtesy of Joel Axelrad, traveling fly shop
extraordinaire) at Penns one year. We differ on how well it performed with
the various heavier lines, but he agreed that 7 wt. was a gross underrating.

Wolfgang