Tony: Do you mean to check the spine/spline on bamboo rods?? or on any
rod??? Also, Pete, I think you have a good point about the thick butt
sections on tapered leaders, cause since I started furling my own leaders
that have a thinner butt section than the one piece tapered one's I was
buying, I have much better "turn over", Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Tippet Material Question
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
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