Promo video for Competition in Flycasting - (with fishing tackle)

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Malcolm

What standard WF did you use?

Cheers
Lasse

[Lasse Karlsson]

5 rods of differing ERN

Sage XP 590: ERN 5,5 AA 70
Sage TCR 590: ERN 7,4 AA 72
Streamstix T5: ERN 9,0 AA 75
Echo ION 1090: ERN 11,6 AA 75
Echo 3 1290: ERN 13,7 AA 70

Line ED 5 weight (well used )

I did first 5 casts with each, starting with the XP and going stiffer, then did another round of 5 going softer after I got to the 12 weight.
Conditions where basicly no wind with the occasional gust, just around sunset so the dew fell during the exercise.

Also did a max carry with each just to see the numbers..

XP Avg.: 34,6 m Longest: 36,1 m Carry: 27,3 m

TCR Avg.: 35,6 m Longest: 37,6 m Carry: 29,2 m

T5 Avg.: 34,5 m Longest: 38,1 m Carry: 28,5 m

ION Avg.: 35,2 m Longest: 38,4 m Carry: 28,1 m

E3 Avg.: 36,4 m Longest: 38,3 m Carry: 27,1 m

I need to do this indoors this winter to check, and to do it while warm, cast cold due to fading light So the stiffer rods basicly got the advantage, should have gone the other way around too, but it got too dark to see the line on the delivery..

But some interesting results never the less

Cheers
Lasse

Went out again this afternoon to try it in reverse order (12 first all the way down to 5 and up) And took the rod I usually throw 5 weight distance with to get a reference point.

XP Avg.: 36,2 m Longest: 37,2 m Carry: 26,5 m

TCR Avg.: 38,5 m Longest: 39,3 m Carry: 28,1 m

T5 Avg.: 37,4 m Longest: 38,9 m Carry: 28,6 m

ION Avg.: 38,6 m Longest: 39,3 m Carry: 26,8 m

E3 Avg.: 37,1 m Longest: 39,1 m Carry: 27,2 m

Control rod:

TCX 690 Avg.: 39,3 m Longest: 40,3 Carry: 28,8 m

Data on the TCX ERN 8,4 AA 74.

Had a steady wind today as the numbers show

And I think the control rod answers Mike's question pretty clearly, it's definetly the one I would choose for competition

Now I just have to redo indoors to get a third set of data in a controlled enviroment

Cheers
Lasse

[Bernd]

Hi Lasse,
thanks for all the data!
How did you measure carry? Line hand to line end?
Thanks Bernd
p.s.: Nice distances/carries again

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Bernd

Carry, isn't it measured rod tip to line end?






Just kiddin', SL style, line hand to lineend :p

And thanks!

Cheers
Lasse

[James9118]

Lasse - what sort of carry do you think your longest casts come off? :worthy :pirate for the distances!

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi James

Less than max :p

I guess around 26-27 meters, it's kinda hard to measure

Cheers
Lasse

[Bernd]

Carry, isn't it measured rod tip to line end?
Just kiddin', SL style, line hand to lineend :p

Unless you join EFFA, I think SL style pretty much makes sense ...
Cheers
B

[Lasse Karlsson]

Unless you join EFFA
Cheers
B

Again????

:oh:

We do SL gangnam style measuring here :p

Cheers
Lasse

[Michal Duzynski]

Nice casting, great results, thanks for sharing Lasse.
How do mesure exact your carry Lasse?
I did it few times, but I know only one way and it isnt as percise as yours.
I lay down the line along the tape, put the knot (loose one) on the running line, and start fals casting.
Are your methods similar?
Cheers
mike

[Michal Duzynski]

Hi Paul
Is sombody working on, to find out the ERN/AA data of the SL rod?

mike

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Mike

I falsecast extending line to the point where I start having problems, tie the line around the reel with turns around the reelfoot, then walk out the tape with the reel at zero and measure the length of line to the end of the line excluding leader.

Cheers
Lasse

[Michal Duzynski]

Cool.
Thanks

[Paul Arden]

That's one way. The other is if you know the length of the flyline you can just strip measure your way to the backing knot and subtract it from the total length. Generally that's a bit quicker.

Cheers, Paul

[Lasse Karlsson]

Yup, but less accurate, and you need to know the length, ie have measured it beforehand

Cheers
Lasse

[Malcolm]

Hi Malcolm

What standard WF did you use?

Cheers
Lasse

I'm fairly sure it was a Snowbee XS.

Malcolm