I'm also doing a bit of pike angling at the moment and want to use my bass and sea spinning rods in fresh water but I'd like to know how do you work out test curve to what sinker rating the rod is for and visa versa.
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The test curve is the amount of weight a rod takes before the tip ring is perpendicular to the but of the rod. Sinker rating is the general recomended weight that the rod will cast but is not always true, e.g: a 4-8oz rod may only be able to take 6oz and vice versa. The manafacturers try to get away with it but the true casting weight is usully exposed in rod reviews in mags.
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tets curve versus weights
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I know a couple of people in the UK who use carp rods for light shore angling for bass, predominantly with lures. They reckon that a 2.5 lb test curve can handle a 2.5 oz weight, maybe 3 oz but would not push it beyond that and not seek the horizon in casting. HTH...
I know a couple of people in the UK who use carp rods for light shore angling for bass, predominantly with lures. They reckon that a 2.5 lb test curve can handle a 2.5 oz weight, maybe 3 oz but would not push it beyond that and not seek the horizon in casting. HTH...
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slight OTT
Hi Neil (and apologies to Donagh for ambushing his thread)
How do you find the Shimano? I came very close to buying one last year for use in Lanzarote and just books the two weeks this time round so I am very interested. Anyone I have spoken to has eulogised about it....
RSVP
How do you find the Shimano? I came very close to buying one last year for use in Lanzarote and just books the two weeks this time round so I am very interested. Anyone I have spoken to has eulogised about it....
RSVP
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Hi Guys.
As a rule of thumb in the UK, for every pound of TC, the rod will cast 1 oz of lead, ie. 3lb TC casts 3oz lead.Most rods however will go half an ounce over or under this.
Its very similar to working out the right strength of line a rod will handle. Multiply the TC by 4 for the lightest line, 5 for the ideal line, and 6 for the heaviest.
I hope this helps.
Matt
As a rule of thumb in the UK, for every pound of TC, the rod will cast 1 oz of lead, ie. 3lb TC casts 3oz lead.Most rods however will go half an ounce over or under this.
Its very similar to working out the right strength of line a rod will handle. Multiply the TC by 4 for the lightest line, 5 for the ideal line, and 6 for the heaviest.
I hope this helps.
Matt
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Re: slight OTT
kieran wrote:Hi Neil (and apologies to Donagh for ambushing his thread)
How do you find the Shimano? I came very close to buying one last year for use in Lanzarote and just books the two weeks this time round so I am very interested. Anyone I have spoken to has eulogised about it....
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Kieran,
As far as I know, it's the only 12'6" rod that will fit in my suitcase. That aside, it's a joy to use - so light and responsive. I've had eating-size fish (?) to about 2lbs and a ray to about 3lbs from the beach in Brazil (took it to Lanzarote but caught nothing....you need to find a place with deeper water). I use home-molded 3oz Gemini Breakaway sinkers, with a Shimano 6000 baitrunner filled with 30lb braid. Easy to cast it a good way. I take a short section of plastic pipe as a rod holder. The whole outfit is a doddle to take to the beach. I should use it more often back home.
Neil.