Flykuni was kidding. And I took the bait, which is indicative of my expertise on all this stuff, and of my overall preference for DT lines.
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To answer your question as to the make of rod I use; it is an orvis from the late 70's. My normal fishing rivers include the Madison, Big Horn,
Yellowstone, Gallatin and most of the tributaries to these rivers. As you can see a cast in excess of 30ft is most often required, and this rod does that
quite easily. A 6WF is what the rod likes the best. You might imagine that 60 to 75ft double haul cast is being executed here and you would be right. Now
with the 5ft increment beyond 30ft of adding one line weight to the rod as stated in the topic of WF & DT lines and a double haul cast of 60ft would be
over loading the rod by 6 line wieghts in my mind. Am I right here or is there something I dont understand (help)? Now back to my orginal quiere; with the
above info how many flex's until the fibers weaken one line weight. Then two and so on.
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I have a howell owned by a former fisherman would used wf lines, bead heads, heavy streamers, etc. caught a lot of trout (10,000 plus) in Montana and other
states, it is straight as the day it left Gary's shop. It all depends on how the bamboo was heat treated and how it was handled after the fishing day is
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Posts: 1921 02/18/2009 09:49 Registered User |
Mr Powell always marked his rods with a 3 line weight choice, e.g., 4-6. A rod marked for 4-6 line weights, when fished in close will load better with the 6,
at medium distances, the 5, and with 60+ feet out, the 4. It's a simple physics problem, with the actual weight of the line past the end of the tip
determining the way the rod reacts.
This is not to say any of these lines wouldn't work at all distances. They will within reason, but the rod and the caster have to work a lot harder to make it happen at the extremes, and therein could be a problem with some rods being overstressed, especially with a heavy line at long distance. gofish |
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When I cast 60 or 70 feet feet of line, I don't have 60 feet in the air for the backcast....I am casting the front 30 feet or so, and SHOOTING the other 30
feet. So the rod does NOT have the weight of 60 feet of line in the air at the same time. The strain on the rod is just on the 30 feet I have out beyond the
rod tip. When I make my final haul as I start the foward cast, I release the loose line from my line hand and it shoots forward, pulled by the momentum of the
30 feet I had out in the first place. So the rod is NOT subject to overstraining.
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