On Jan 12, 6:16*am, Wayne Knight wrote:
On Jan 11, 9:27*pm, Giles wrote:

Seriously, how many of you think that you could accurately identify
even your favorite component or combination consistently by feel and/
or results alone when interspersed among others?

Given that same challenge last May, I did.

Interesting enough, a study at the University of Montana in
biomechanics found that only 12 to 20 percent of your casting stroke
acuracy and distance comes from the rod. The rest is form and, for a
very minor part, streghth. Its a study that most rod manufacturers
don't want out for obvious reasons.
Frank Reid
(who thinks that the best outfit for under 1K could be found by
slippin' into a certain gear whore's garage late at night)