Hi PierrePierre Wentzel wrote:Hey Lasse,
Interesting, what length rod do you use? I have read all the internet information regarding matching the correct line weight with the rod. I'm about to use an old 7 wt floater for the job. The line grain recommended for the 2wt Spey/switch is about 13.7 grams. However I am still not clear on the procedure. Are we saying that when testing the rid for the loading weight that the casting should be the conventional overhead style. When the rod loads well this is the weight to be used for Spey casting as well? Or are they referring to loading the rod while speycasting?
I will be doing more sort type casting than over head casting.
It's a 9 footer
And too bad, it's better to steer very clear of all that misinformation out there
The best advice there is about lineweights for rods, is a window rater than something so arbitray as 13,7 grams ( you'd be more than hard pressed to find a line that actually weighs that, industry has about a +/- 10% deviation, and extremly rarely hits on spot with the majority of lines..)
Most people will want slightly heavier or backend heavy lines (triangle taper type lines) for spey casts, quite naturally since it's a smaller portion of the line we accelerate and send of in our spey casts than in overhead.
Cheers
Lasse