conwyrod
Advisory Board
Autumn on the Conwy
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Post by conwyrod on Aug 12, 2008 22:08:50 GMT
I wouldn't recommend that you try this with your favourite rod!
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Post by sinkingtip on Aug 12, 2008 22:25:23 GMT
Ouch !! Now thats whit ye call a guid bend !! ;D
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Speyducer
Advisory Board
Release to spawn another day
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Post by Speyducer on Aug 13, 2008 6:52:56 GMT
Hardly true 'fishing' test conditions, but it is amazing what graphite tubes will withstand.
The pull direction relative to the butt section suggests that the fisherman is gradually trying to lift the fish out of the water at his feet!
I would like to see such lab tests undertaken with more true scenarios, such a sudden jerky pulls, and from different angles of pull direction.
Have similar tests been done to simulate the loading associated with overhead & Spey casting??
Mike
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tweedsider
Active Member
Quietness is best
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Post by tweedsider on Aug 14, 2008 20:23:27 GMT
Had an interesting experience with rod bends earlier this week on my first outing with a Snowbee short head Scandanavian fast sink Spey Line. Sink it did in the coloured heavy water, and suddenly there was a fish on with no indication of a take, started raising the rod for the next cast and it was there. A berserker going crazy around the pool and well into double figures so it was. Slack line under my bank and a tree snag close in found the tip of the rod almost pulled into the water under my feet while the fish lept and thrashed at the far end of the pool. It was always going to be a no win situation, so rather than risk damage to a new line I handlined to break out, parting the 20lb nylon at the leader knot. An intersting experience. Incidently these Snowbee lines do what they say on the tin and are ideal for small rivers in restricted spaces, their weight does make for rasther a hard day.
Tweedsider
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Post by fredaevans on Aug 26, 2008 14:53:21 GMT
Now this is how you should really 'test a rod:'
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