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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