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by Phil Blackmar
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:24 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

Hi Everyone- This is what I take away so far from this thread: Gary (Mangrove Cookoo)" wrote_". One of the more insightful ideas I picked up here on SL was that the rod transfers energy into the line through three mechanisms: swing, spring, and whip. (Damn I sure hope I got that right!) I ...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

Hi Phil, I think a glass rod with an 8 label will often bend more than a CF rod with an 8 label, but some of that is the expectation of the buyers being met by the makers. For some reason, many of the commercial rod makers like to make very bendy ‘glass rods because we want the “traditional ‘glass ...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

Take away from the clips I posted is that soft and stiff do not require the caster to do anything different. Cheers Lasse Yet, you helped me a great deal with casting the 10 wt I own. It is very stiff and I was struggling and you suggested "less arc". The move to more stroke and less arc ...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

Let me try this again. :) :) Does an 8 wt carbon fiber rod bend less than a modern fiberglass rod cast the same distance with the same line, fly and loop? If the answer is yes, does this create a change in feel or benefit a certain style over others which could be useful for certain types of fishing...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

Rodmaterial says nothing about a rods action or stiffness, recovery rate is marketing BS. A heavier line doesn't change a rods action or stiffness. Minds do play tricks on people, especially fishermen minds. Cheers Lasse Lasse- I'm not sure what to take from the videos. You once sent me a video of ...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

Re: glass vs graphite

I love my (many) glass rods but I’m not going to give up the carbon fibre ones. Horses for courses. PS - as a geologist, I strongly object to the implication that graphite has any place in a fly rod. It’s a truly amazing mineral, but it’s not noted for its tensile strength. Carbon fibre, on the oth...
by Phil Blackmar
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 49
Views: 815

glass vs graphite

“Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place." Douglas Adams I have become enamored with casting a fiberglass fly rod. Not the old rustic nostalgic kind, but the newer versions. I recently got a CTS quartz 8'9" 8...
by Phil Blackmar
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:00 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Cradle grip
Replies: 8
Views: 574

Re: Cradle grip

Paul- I'm wondering about a new grip. I have not made a cast like this yet, but I did make some casting motions inside and the sound indicated there was significant speed. The grip is very similar to your cradle grip except the thumb is on the side of the gip instead of underneath on a forward cast....
by Phil Blackmar
Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Casting practice with heavy lines
Replies: 55
Views: 5784

Re: Casting practice with heavy lines

Hi Bernd- Re: SLP, I am experimenting with a cast with a fiberglass rod where I start the forward cast at about 1 o'clock followed by a quick downward rotational force on the top of the rod which bends the rod considerably and drops the rod tip. Once I "feel" like I am at MCL, I then trans...
by Phil Blackmar
Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Dissecting the haul
Replies: 259
Views: 5644

Re: Dissecting the haul

I believe, that the haul has no impact on rod bend WHEN the rod already has some serious bend. The haul doesn't reach enough force. I would say it has little visible impact since the rod stiffness has largely increased due to its non linearity (hard spring). Merlin I don't understand this. No matte...

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