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| how do rod companies...come up with their lure oz. rating for their rods? just curious. anyone have any idea? |
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Location: davis,IL | While I really don't know for sure, I would think that they rate rods in a similar fashion to the way many other things are rated. Find the largest ( heaviest load) something can handle safely and subtract a certain percent of that load and rate it as such ( example; safe rod maximum casting load 6oz- rate the rod at at 4oz), with the idea of you will always have someone who will push the limits,(ie. 5oz bait on a 4oz rod). This gives the manufacturer a little leeway in what it would take for a failure in their product.
Edited by muskydope 8/22/2008 11:05 PM
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Location: woodbury | so i could have a 54 ounce lure on my rod thats rated to 48 ounces
i swear i could cast my dog with is thing lol |
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Location: davis,IL | Hey Muskieman, that only works if the dog can fetch. |
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| Just remember that there is no industry wide standard for rod rating. It is whatever the company wants to say it is. Of course,they have their own methods of determining things like action, speed, lure and line weights but don't necessarily believe that any given rod from manufacturer A is going to match up with one from manufacturer B. |
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