Haul / rod torque / ol Al

Walter & Group....

 

 

Howdy Gordy and Dr. Shigley

I feel that Dr, Shigley is hauling way to soon to have that much torque on the rod and putting in that much effort.

 Second part of this is the overlineing of a rod. Chuck Eaterling uses a 8 wt line on a 5 wt. rod. This he uses to let the load be felt when teaching. It was a trick to get it to work for sure. As for using the XXD line you do have to allow for the added weight of the line when you get 50+ ft out of the rod guides, With better timing the thickness of the rod's lower section will most often handle this weight.

  I have not broken a rod yet with too heavy a line. I can put some pressure on a rod.

 

ol Al