Need some clarification on boo #'s

ojunk (George Adams) wrote in
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From: "Wayne Knight"

http://home.mindspring.com/~filker/P...Line_Size.html

Both Orvis and Sci Anglers diagree with this chart. My Battenkill is
plainly marked "HDG" WF#6" and Sci Anglers lists "HCH" as DT #7 and
"HDH" as DT #6.

....I wondered about that too George, I used the same chart as Wayne which
is why I was confused on your conversion numbers..Time will tell, but I'm
gonna look silly as hell standing up to my knees casting in the front yard.


Frank

ospam (Big Dale) wrote in
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Frank: You are worrying about this **** way too much. Now that you
have decided to become a 'boo gear whore. You may as well go all the
way. I don't remember, but it seems like your favorite reel for these
rods in the Orvis Battenkill...

I guess you're right BD, and I have Battenkills and Okuma Sierra reels out
the wazoo to try. Actually, the rod I commissioned to have built will get a
brand new Orvis CFO2, which is already in my hot little hands all loaded
with line and ready to go. I have to sit on pins and needles till sometime
next month until the rod is shipped. I just bought 2 rods off EBay, one an
original South Bend (which was the one marked HCH or D) and the other an
upgraded South Bend with all new hardward except the reel seat..damn thing
looked too good to pass up and will complement the new 'boo. Jesus, I think
I just went over the edge..is there any hope for me how?

Frank I still love my kpos's Church

"Wayne Knight" wrote in
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Elitist cane whore

**** Wayne, nobody told me this cane stuff is habit forming.

Frank Church

"Wayne Knight" wrote in
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Elitist cane whore

This is pretty heady stuff for a boy who came from a small town so poor
even the local prostitute was a virgin.

Frank the chaste Church

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...

**** Wayne, nobody told me this cane stuff is habit forming.


Welcome to the dark side. If you need to try some lines and such, give me a
shout. I think you like the south bends, still good rods after all these
years and probably (none of my business) not so much invested that you
should be afraid of damaging them.

In George Adams wrote:
Absolutely. The disagreement in the various charts points out
that the conversion from letter to number is somewhat of an
approximation. IIRC, the letter system was based on diameters,
while the number system is based on weight.

Yup, and to further muddy things, the letter system
was based on diametre of *silk* lines, so any conversion
to the modern system is at *best* an approximation. :-)

From what I know of 'boo rods, there's a fair bit of
leeway as far as which line size works best for *you*.
Indeed, I've seen people disagree +/- a line wt. w.r.t.
the line *they* thought worked best. The conversion
gives you a ballpark number, but you pretty well *have*
to experiment a bit to see what really suits the rod.

Todd (remove hook to reply)