Line Wt. Range & Lure Wt. Range for an "unknown" fishing rod or blank ?

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ez2cdave

How can you determine the Line Wt. Range & Lure Wt. Range for an "unknown" fishing rod or rod blank that is "completely unmarked", with no clue as to make or model ?

Thanks, in advance !

Ron Jones

Search on here for Alan's method of determining rod rating. Consider yourself lucky, blank slates are fun. Basically, rig up a reel with 15 pound or bigger line on it and start lifting stuff. When the rod bends as much as you want you have your drag rating for that rod. Multiply the weight by 3 or 4 depending on how you fish and that is the line weight you should fish the rod at.
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ez2cdave

Quote from: noyb72 link=topic=11096.msg107016#msg107016ate=1404595779
Search on here for Alan's method of determining rod rating. Consider yourself lucky, blank slates are fun. Basically, rig up a reel with 15 pound or bigger line on it and start lifting stuff. When the rod bends as much as you want you have your drag rating for that rod. Multiply the weight by 3 or 4 depending on how you fish and that is the line weight you should fish the rod at.
Ron

Interesting . . . A little hard to do when picking rods "out of a barrel" of mixed blanks at a liquidator.

Got a link to Alan's method . . . unsuccessful with Search, so far.

Thanks !

conchydong

 Take some calipers and check the tips and butt sizes and compare them to some of the common brands for a rod the same length as a starting point. It still would be a lot of guesswork. Of course you would also have to try ans determine if the blank is all glass or composite. Anyway, here is a sample of Calstar Grafighter sizes copied from Charkbait. I think places like Mudhole lists sizes for many brands and types of blanks. Tip sizes are measured in 64ths of a inch. After you narrow them down, then perhaps you can load them for the bend test.
Sounds like a fun challenge.


MODEL
  LENGTH  Tip  Butt Diameter  LINE TES 

             
600XL 6'   6  .760  15-20#   
GX-7 7'    6  .725  10-15#   
700XL 7'   6  .820  15-20#   
700L 7'     7  .850  20-25#   
700ML 7'   7  .885  25-30#   
700M 7'    8  .895 30-40#   
700H 7'    8  .900  40-50#   
700XH 7'  9  .925  50-60#   



ez2cdave

Quote from: conchydong on July 05, 2014, 11:12:58 PM
Take some calipers and check the tips and butt sizes and compare them to some of the common brands for a rod the same length as a starting point. It still would be a lot of guesswork. Of course you would also have to try ans determine if the blank is all glass or composite. Anyway, here is a sample of Calstar Grafighter sizes copied from Charkbait. I think places like Mudhole lists sizes for many brands and types of blanks. Tip sizes are measured in 64ths of a inch. After you narrow them down, then perhaps you can load them for the bend test.
Sounds like a fun challenge.


MODEL
  LENGTH  Tip  Butt Diameter  LINE TES 

             
600XL 6'   6  .760  15-20#   
GX-7 7'    6  .725  10-15#   
700XL 7'   6  .820  15-20#   
700L 7'     7  .850  20-25#   
700ML 7'   7  .885  25-30#   
700M 7'    8  .895 30-40#   
700H 7'    8  .900  40-50#   
700XH 7'  9  .925  50-60#   


Hmm . . . Interesting !


Of course the "action" of the blanks would come into play, too ... I'm afraid it might vary quite a bit from maker to maker.

I hate "limber tip" rods that collapse easily, yet still have stiff butt sections ( like many Ugly Stik's, for example )