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Warren wrote: I am not 100% sure that it is the line manufacturer's fault though. I mean they are the ones making the lines that way, but could it be because of how modern rods are manufactured and sized? Snipped. As I follow this though I think of the rods I own and my own preferences. I like sloooow rods and lot of folks may consider my Battenkill three weight a two weight and the St Croix Ultra 9'9" 5 weight I just bought is no five weight by my hand (and Wolfie and Asadia agree) but more like a six until you get twenty feet of line out (and that's a GPX 5 weight line!) Is it time, as we all get more discerning, to start adding some sort of modifier on rod weights to indicate speed? Something like a 5 + to indicate a fast five that may easily accept a 6 weight to make it a slow 6 or a 4- to indicate on that would take a four but three weight and make it snappier? No wait! How about a federal law that requires every fly shop to have casting space? Well, maybe not.... Allen |
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![]() "Allen Epps" wrote... JR wrote: Warren wrote: I am not 100% sure that it is the line manufacturer's fault though. I mean they are the ones making the lines that way, but could it be because of how modern rods are manufactured and sized? Snipped. As I follow this though I think of the rods I own and my own preferences. I like sloooow rods and lot of folks may consider my Battenkill three weight a two weight and the St Croix Ultra 9'9" 5 weight I just bought is no five weight by my hand (and Wolfie and Asadia agree) but more like a six until you get twenty feet of line out (and that's a GPX 5 weight line!) Is it time, as we all get more discerning, to start adding some sort of modifier on rod weights to indicate speed? Something like a 5 + to indicate a fast five that may easily accept a 6 weight to make it a slow 6 or a 4- to indicate on that would take a four but three weight and make it snappier? The last line I bought, a SA XXD WF5F was at a show earlier this year. This is one of those lines they rate at 1/2 weight over. Although they have a bulletin on their website stating this, I don't remember if they stated it on the box. It is a great casting line on my 5/6 mid-action rod. No wait! How about a federal law that requires every fly shop to have casting space? Well, maybe not.... .. . . and free beer. . . -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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