Good point Murf. I'll grant that even my limited experience leads me to believe that a softer tip rod protects your tippet better in many situations than a fast tip rod of the same weight.
But lets split some hairs just for fun... Wouldn't a fast tip rod work better for a quick head shake? What if during a head shake the fish yanks his head away as the softer/slower tip you mentioned (or a harder/faster tip for that matter) is still trying to recoil from the previous "yank" (hope I'm not getting too technical here LOL)? Wouldn't the slightly larger amount of slack allowed and the additional recoiling mass of the slow tip (necessary to make it slower when compared with a fast tip) nearly offset the extra action/reduced mass of the faster tip? (Extremely underdeveloped understanding of physics here so guys help me out.) It just seems next to impossible to me to match your rod tip to the frequency and length of headshakes you might encounter. Let me know if I need to clarify what I mean. Also, it seems to me that a fast 3wt should be better at protecting a small tippet than a slow 6wt because it takes less force to bend the rod. Again, I don't have a degree in physics so I may be dead wrong. Stirring the pot, Timothy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 5:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] 3wt rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > To me it seems the amount of time needed to play a fish is dictated by > tippet strength. If you are forced to use 7x or 8x tippets to get takes, it > > doesn't matter whether the rod is 6wt, a 2 wt, 5 ft or 10 ft long--put more > > pressure on the tippet than it can take and *pop*, no fish. I disagree. A long soft tip rod acts as a cushion to the pressure you might exert upon a fish allowing a lighter tippet not to break while exerting pressure. I'm more prone to balance my tippet/line/rod/current to the fly than the fish. I've caught 8-9lb steelies on 7X tippet with a 6wt rod and lost 1-2 lb trout on 2x tippet with an 8wt 9 ft rod. Depends on the angler, current, strike and other conditions IMHO. Murf << File: ATT00002.html >>
