Hi
I was looking at these fly lines with a coloured 'loading zone' to help with casting, and was wondering, in general, how much line do you need out to effectivley load a rod? Is it around 2-3 rod lenghts. I have a Demon 7# rod.

Cheers

30ft of flyline regardless of whether it is WF DT ST or#. I would imagine that the coloured part is 30ft.

Alan

You cannot say how much line you need out, you can load a rod with 20ft of line, also you can load the rod with 75ft of line out. The 30ft of line that Alanc maybe on about, is what is weighed to get the AFTM number for a given line. Also, alot of manufacturers use different colours along the line to show where the head ends and where the running line begins.

As an example, I have a Vision GT4 Catapult rod, 9ft for a 6# line and I have 3 floating lines, say a Greys platinum, A Pitsford Pirate special and Loop Opti stillwater line, then they would all load the rod, you may get 45 ft of one line 30ft of another and 50ft on another outside of the tip to get the same feeling. The only way to find out is to play wiith the rod and find out what line legnth outside of the tip works best for you

No idea if any of the above helps at all?!

Chris

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Its generally accepted that around 30ft of a given fly line, for example a 7#Line would load, for example a 7# rod.
It would then be up to the individual if he/she is comfortable with that amount or indeed that line. IMO.

Brian

Chris there is a recognised standard between rod manufacturers and line manufacturers that if you take a rod of a certain #? and a line of the same #? then the first 30 ft of line outside the rod tip is enough line to load the rod hence the AFTM. after that if you prefer to have more or less line outside the rod tip that is entirely down to the individuals own preferance.

Alan

I don't agree, I can load my 4# rod with about 20ft of line, comfortably so that the rod works well, yet with the same rod I can still cast 60ft of line casrrying over 50ft, so is that overloading the rod?

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There's no simple answer to this; loading a rod is dependant on rod materials, rod action and the caster.

Cane and glass can load with very little line, some carbon rods can too.

Some very aggressive rods feel underloaded with 35 ft of line in the air. Part of this is down to the fact that there is no standard for assigning an AFTM number to a rod. So you can get rods which many casters would consider to be an #8 with a #5 marked on the handle. Rods will have some leeway around the 30 ft mark, just how much depends on the rod.

Lastly a caster can affect action by hauling.

Malcolm

What is a loaded rod?

one in optimum bend?

with the optimum weight/length of line beyond the rod tip, the length of line that gives you that distinguishable ease of lift of the water and balanced cast.

what was the question? i just woke up

I wasn't sure myself, just searched the topic. Loaded rod is simple but an optimally loaded rod? I'm sensing a bit of subjectivity and feel creeping in!

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