Reels are really the BS area


I’m sure that someday China will be knocking out product as good if not better. But we are not at that stage yet.
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I'm not disagreeing with the latter statement, but the line makers never say anything about "quicker shots". They only promise to "quickly load modern rods", as if that's what we fishermen are chasing these days. They (wisely?) leave out any implications of deeply loading a rod.Paul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:05 amQuicker loading surely would be for faster shots? What it really is is deeper loading for slower shots, Graeme.
Agreed and it fits with people overpowering their casts in the (vain) belief that oomph will compensate for dodgy technique. Unfortunately, it isn't commonly accepted or understood how little oomph is needed and how it actually undermines technique.
That's of his page. When was the last time you had one of his lines?Paul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:05 amQuicker loading surely would be for faster shots? What it really is is deeper loading for slower shots, Graeme.
Are those measured weights TZ or pulled off the site? When I mentioned it to Mike he good me they target the upper end of the scale not the centre. This is why we need to weigh all this stuff.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPaul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:21 amUnfortunately the tropical storm saw the Rimfly in the lake and so that was the end of that!!
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The rod works as a big spring, the quicker you can load it, the better you can cast....Paul Arden wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:02 pmIt is very interesting because it’s the complete opposite of marketing blurb and what many people believe ie heavier line for quicker loading. I think that’s theory before practise.
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t.z. wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:35 pmPaul Arden wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:07 pmAnother good example is the Barrio 125. That’s also somewhere in the middle weights. So on the HT6 I’d fish or cast the 125 5WT. That rod was essentially designed around an XXD 6.
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GT125 WF5F fly line - target weight at 30 feet - 140 grains / 9.1 grams. - standard is 140
GT125 WF6F fly line - target weight at 30 feet - 160 grains / 10.4 grams.- standard is 160
Haven’t made them yet. Plan to with next batch! It’s always more challenging when I get asked for something I don’t havewhat about the lines your were supposed to send a year ago?
Maybe you should move this post into the fly swap section ;-)Paul Arden wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:48 pmHaven’t made them yet. Plan to with next batch! It’s always more challenging when I get asked for something I don’t havewhat about the lines your were supposed to send a year ago?![]()
Do you have a measuring balance?
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