{"id":514,"date":"2013-11-15T17:59:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T17:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2013-11-15T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T17:59:25","slug":"determining-the-line-weight-of-a-bamboo-fly-rod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Determining the line weight of a bamboo fly rod."},"content":{"rendered":"

A good friend and fellow bamboo rod builder (Skip Hosfield) sent this to me.\u00a0 I’m not sure who developed this procedure so I can’t give him\/her the credit they deserve…it works quite well.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Accurately measure the distance from the rod tip to the front of the cork grip (not the entire rod length).\u00a0 Divide that number by 10.\u00a0 Example:\u00a0 96″\/10=9.6<\/p>\n

2) Clamp the rod grip to a table so that the rod is horizontal next to a wall.\u00a0 Mark the position of the tip of the rod on the wall.\u00a0 Put a paper clip through the top of a small plastic bag and hang the paper clip and bag\u00a0to the tip of the rod.\u00a0 Slowly add small weights (coins, washers, nuts, etc.) to the bag until the tip flexes down exactly 1\/10 of the measured rod length: Above example 9.6″.<\/p>\n

3) Remove the plastic bag, paper clip, and the weights you’ve added and weight everything on a gram scale.\u00a0 Example:\u00a0 Paper clip, bag, and coins collectively weighed\u00a020 grams.<\/p>\n

4) Divide\u00a0the measured weight by adjusted rod length to get a grams\/length ratio.\u00a0 Match the ratio to the recommended line weight in the table below:\u00a0 Example 20 grams\/9.6″=2.1.\u00a0 This rod is about a\u00a05 wt. rod.<\/p>\n

Ratio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Recommended Line Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.4 – 1.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3<\/p>\n

1.6 – 1.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<\/p>\n

1.9 – 2.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05<\/p>\n

2.2 – 2.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6<\/p>\n

2.6 – 3.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7<\/p>\n

3.0 – 3.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08<\/p>\n

3.5 – 4.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09<\/p>\n

4.2 – 5.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a010<\/p>\n

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