John, is that grains of salt, or grains of rice? Just curious Grollo ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mystery Line ???
> Rene- > > This should make things even more confusing. There are > 480 grains in an ounce, which means that each grain is > 0.002083 of an ounce. Or, maybe better for you metric > types, a grain is 0.0648 grams. > > -John > Oregon > > > --- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > you Americans have strange units of measurement. > > Whatever grains are > > (Wiskey?) > > Found the following table in Don Phillips "The > > Technology of Fly Rods". It > > is the weight of the first 30 feet of a line in > > grains. > > > > -- Heard, that the US switches to the metric system > > before 1900. Needs time > > to perform <G> > > > > Here is the table: > > > > Line Class Nomial weight > > 0 56 > > 1 60 > > 2 80 > > 3 100 > > 4 120 > > 5 140 > > 6 160 > > 7 185 > > 8 210 > > 9 240 > > 10 280 > > 11 330 > > 12 380 > > 13 450 > > 14 500 > > 15 550 > > > > Class 0, 13-15 are not standardized yet! > > > > Regards > > Rene > > Cologne, Germany > > > > > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Datum: Dienstag, 12. M�rz 2002 13:48 > > Betreff: Re: [VFB] Mystery Line ??? > > > > > > >You can weigh the first 30' of line. I have a chart > > somewhere that will > > give the > > >line size for the weight of the 30' of line. > > >I am sure someone out there has it handy. > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Desert Eagle wrote: > > > > > >> OK, Thanks to Dan, Rob and Neville I have some > > idea as to what my problem > > >> is. Now to try to solve it. > > >> > > >> I have several reels, a couple are mine and a > > couple came from yard > > sales. > > >> They have fly line on them, BUT, there is no > > indication as to the weight > > of > > >> the fly line. I must confess that when I got my > > fly rod and real for > > Fathers > > >> Day last year I neglected to indicate on the real > > what wt line I had on > > it. > > >> > > >> Now for the "Big" question, Without having to > > remove all the lines and > > load > > >> with new ones and mark the reels, ( An expense I > > cannot afford right > > now), > > >> is there a way to; > > >> A; determine the weight fly line from a reel ? ( > > Actually weigh the line > > >> with something like a powder scale, measure it > > and find out ??) > > >> B; determine the configuration, ( I.E., Wt > > Forward, Double Taper, ETC.) > > >> > > >> If not any of the above I assume that the only > > alternative would be to > > put > > >> each one on each rod and see how they cast and > > guess. > > >> > > >> Befuddled, > > >> Jimi > > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/
