Wolfgang Um......I don't suppose it has occurred to anyone that line
Wolfgang standards don't mean **** if they aren't matched to
Wolfgang stringent rod standards?

Well, we can still hope that at least the one standard that has been
well defined would also be applied (in reality). It would be (has
been) a starting point, if nothing else.

Wolfgang Anybody here ever tried to cast identical rods matched with
Wolfgang identical reels and identical lines side by side? And, I
Wolfgang don't suppose it has ever occurred to anyone that line
Wolfgang standards based on gross weight of the first thirty
Wolfgang feet......or whatever.....don't mean **** unless the weight
Wolfgang is distributed EXACTLY the same in ALL of those lines?

True to some extent. The split shot experiment is probably too radical
to prove that the weight distribution has to be _exactly_ the same. My
guess would be that If I take two identical 5wt rods with identical
reels, and rig them up with two different true 5wt DT lines - which
have the exact same weight at 30' - they're going to feel _very_
similar. The differences in DT tapers are probably not the same order
of magnitude as the difference you get when you attach a split shot at
different positions. Haven't tried it, though, but I am willing to
place a small bet. :-)

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Jarmo Hurri

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