Rod Rating Question
I have just bought a Shimano Tcurve Saltwater Spin 5-10 http://www.campbellsprotackle.com/store/product.asp?ID=3697 and I have a question about the 10-40gm Lure/Jig weight rating for the rod. I was thinking some of the lures I have would be heavier than this. Is the 10-40gm an optimum guideline or a rule? Obviously less than 10gm would be hard to cast far and I would go back to my bream gear.
Also I was thinking of using this rod in upto 50mts, and around Rotto using up to 4 oz (112gm) jigheads to hold bottom for soft plastics on a different rod in the past has got me thinking. Is it about the cast or is it dragging the lure/sp/whatever up through the watercolumn?
Its paired up to a shimano symetre running 20lbs braid if that matters also?
Help appreciated as I definiately dont want to stuff a new(well, new to me anyway) rod!
Bryan
till
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Its really the cast weight
Its really the cast weight there. You may notice some Daiwa rods have a line, cast and jig weight rating on them.
sarcasm0
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So any rules of thumb?
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hlokk
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As a very rough guide, times
As a very rough guide, times it by 4 for the jigweight (curve depenendent) and perhaps double that for sinkers/octas (as a max?). So you shouldnt have many problems with 4oz as long as you arent casting them. Obviously the heavier the lures, the more sluggish it will be if you try twitching them aggressively. Though when jigging as opposed to plastics, a higher rod bend is usually permitted when twitching.
If you can remember back to high school physics, Force (i.e. rod loading) = mass x acceleration. So when you cast you are accerating the lure hence a big multiplication in actual force. A plastic obviously has much less acceleration than casting so the rod can handle a higher weight for the same loading.
The 40g is usually a pretty damn hard cast btw. Obviously lobbing will give you a bit more. Except for casting, you can always do it by feel anyways. The drag setting will protect the rod a bit anyways
Spinnerak
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The rod might flex a fair
The rod might flex a fair bit in the tip but you should be fine, i've run 1 oz sinkers on my bream rod for whiting, no problem.
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Yeah i had no problems upto 4
Yeah i had no problems upto 4 ounce... quite comfortably actually... wouldnt go above that tho.
Comfortably handled 30lb braid too for peace of mind.
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