AFAIK it was ~20m for the long and ~10m for the short one; my premise was however to keep the fly/rod leg straight. When it's warmer I can try to repeat the experiment, perhaps I'm getting a different impression. a short and a long shooting head and I've described my findings in #33 How long is a lo...

When we simplify the rod as a spring, the softer rod stores more spring energy for the same load. Sorry in that last sentence I should have written “bend” not “load”. You are correct George. I believe that stored elastic energy would be the same between softer and stiffer rods under the same load. I...

Hi, in my case was it a 18g casting plug, a short and a long shooting head and I've described my findings in #33, also somewhere in the archive is the discussion. I've snapped often enough casting plugs, usually this happens after non-smooth acceleration or if you forget to release the line :) My gu...

Hi, I remember I had a different opinion on this; also because I tried different line configurations with (almost) the same mass. For an overhead cast they feel very similar to me during the acceleration phase (I've tried to keep the fly leg straight). The inertial mass of the two line configuration...

Hi Paul,

I'd have to try, so the task as stated would be impossible. I'm guessing ticking happens for the large loop size (?)
But have they not done a test run before writing the rules down ?

Greetings,
Torsten

Hi Lasse, just curious, is this task impossible because you can't measure the size or because you can't create the stated loop size? How do they measure the size? Video analysis? Feet to fluff means much less then 50ft fly line? Greetings, Torsten Do anyone have a passing clip of task 2 in the MCI t...

Hi, well, neither Sage nor Winston seem to have glass rods in their portfolio, at least I've found none. Winston would be an example for softer rods. Glass seems to be a niche for smaller companies like Epic for instance. I like their business model, seems to be quite clever. The risk associated wit...

Hi, I'd just like to mention (again) that rod stiffness is only partially related to the material - you can create the same action, overall stiffness of a rod with both materials. Just the diameter of the glass-blank has to be higher. The disadvantage of a glass rod with the same action is the highe...

I don't know what overlining is, because the number printed on the rod is not determined by objective data. I can use a different line than recommended and sometimes I do that. Typical use case are for instance shooting heads, like AFFTA +1 or +2 for me. The TFM site looks pretty much like marketing...

Hi, funny, I'd say two decades ago glass fly rods were considered inferior, the retro-trend appeared later - I think this was very clever marketing. Still it seems to be pretty much a niche product, most sold fly rods are from CF, glass seems to be more attractive for the hobby rod builders. When a ...