Need some clarification on boo #'s

"Culm Church" wrote in message
9.11...
OK, I found this bamboo rod on EBay and it says HCH or D on the rod. Now,
I
know that HCH converts to DT6, but what the heck is D?

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

And would a bamboo
rod that is rated for DT6 throw a WF6 or maybe WF5?

IMO, the HCH should handle the 6WF and the HDH the 5Wf and there's a could
chance they could interchange, especially if it is the HDH.

Getting my bamboo stock built up.

Elitist cane whore

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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And would a bamboo
rod that is rated for DT6 throw a WF6 or maybe WF5?

IMO, the HCH should handle the 6WF and the HDH the 5Wf and there's a could
chance they could interchange, especially if it is the HDH.


Hate of follow up my own post but hit the send too soon. Several years ago a
friend turned me on to Long Belly WF lines, I like the Wulf series and use
them on a couple of canes.

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.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

"George Adams" wrote in message
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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.


dunno George, I'm no expert but the two references i have at home agreed
with it, but it's just the first thing I googled off the web. All that HCH
and HDH is for you old timers anyway, all I ever known is wf and dt ;-) I
think the poster who suggested trying it had it right.

From: "Wayne Knight"

All that HCH
and HDH is for you old timers anyway, all I ever known is wf and dt ;-) I
think the poster who suggested trying it had it right.

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.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

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)

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

"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.