Request from Dr. Hanneman
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Date: February 14, 2007 10:13PM
Universal Rod Rating System (URRS)
The 2007 Rod Expo Seminar Program lists the title of my talk as ?The Common Cents
System,? and I will indeed cover that subject. However, I also intend to introduce my new
URRS which is an extension of the CCS to include fishing rods of all types?at least all rods
which can be deflected a distance equal to one third of its length.
This system is intended to provide an objective measure of a rod?s intrinsic power or
effective rod number (ERN), tip power (TP) and power reservoir (PR) or butt power, by means of three numbers, e.g., 8:4:18.
With the establishment of a URR data base similar to the CCS data base, rod builders should be able to compare blanks from any and all suppliers.
While any angler can cast any lure some distance using any rod, there are certain attributes (ERN, TP, PR) which makes any given rod more suitable for one application than another. With the URRS, these attributes can now be measured and correlations can be developed. But first, we need data.
Anyone purchasing a blank at the Expo is invited to bring it to my booth and have it measured (no tuna rods, please) so that we can begin to create a data base.
Dr. Bill Hanneman
