As Pete says "rod by rod". How true this is. I have posted this before, when you buy a rod, always check for the spine/spline. If it is off the center the rod will not cast right and will want to twist in your hand with a load on it. I don't have time right now to type it all out, if there is an interest, I will do it later. Have to go now. Tony --- Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Glenn: I'd love to have that formula.. I have an > 8ft 2 pc rod, that is a 5 > > wt rod (but, I want a 9ft 4wt rod)and I use a 6wt > weight forward line. I > > do > > like my furled leaders better than I did the > tapered ones I was using, but > > > This alone may cause some of your turn-over > problems, as I've found out by > experience... Even though a rod may say it is rated > 5-6 weight, it may be > better suited for one weight line versus another... > Case in point, my > "Walley World special" rod is 8'6" and supposedly > 5-6wt, but for whatever > reason a DT4F (double-tapered, 4wt floating) line > (generic brand - i think > sci anglers) works best on it. It depends on a > rod-by-rod basis, but in my > personal experience (albeit limited and quite > possibly off), a change in > line weight changes the leader's turnover. I also > found that I wasn't using > a stiff enough butt section on my hand-tied > leaders... the result was a > "wind cast" knot or (worse in my opinion) a sudden > pile-up of leader at my > feet with the line still shooting in a loop on the > water with a resounding > 'plunk!' ;) I guess my point is don't be > discouraged, as it could be > anything, but personally I'd try matching the rod > weight to the line weight > as a start, then tinkering with other factors (the > leader itself), if that > doesn't help. > Again, just my opinion from personal experience, and > I may be completely > wrong on that one. > Tight wraps, > Pete > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
