I read that as a statement that there is a subjective element in rating a rod.
You got it right. Also, there are no subjective elements in CCS.
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Gordy,
Can you measure PPF or is it just a "meager kind" concept.
Do casters have just have one fixed PPF regardless of how far they are casting?
Yes
No
I would think that most good casters change their tempo as they cast from their feet to the horizon.
Lasse showed that it is not necessary, but I would also think your tempo would be slower using a bamboo rod than it would be using a fast graphite rod when casting 50 feet of line.
Why do think your tempo? would be slower when casting a soft rod compared to a stiff rod? The distance you're casting is the same...
And please bamboo doesn't mean soft!
Magnus wrote:I agree, but the relationship between stiffness and weight is very clear when you handle a powerful cane rod.
'generally speaking', specially if we compare rods of identical action and length i'd agree, Magnus but then again, it depends on how the boo rod is built and most will be shorter than the average carbon.
i know, oranges for apples...
First DH fly rod I touched was a 15ft Sharpe's spliced.
Applying 'most' to cane rods seems odd, the number of cane rods being sold now is small. However, contemporary cane builders know their market... http://www.powersflyfishing.com/1....ds.html
Marc, you may find short cane rods practical, I tend to agree, but even then similar powered (stiffness) carbon or glass rods are lighter. Unless there is an advantage to a cane rod, a short cane rod, weighting more.... I've tried carrying that argument through and I don't like it much.
