ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Scott Degen
(---.dhcp.eucl.wi.charter.com) Date: October 13, 2012 12:00PM
I'm a little newer to rod building and I got some of those grab bag blanks from mudhole to get some cheaper experience on. I'm working on determining their characteristics using CCS so I can decide what to build with them. My problem is, with my lack of experience, I'm unable to translate an ERN into something I find meaningful. I've been raised on the light/medium/heavy classifications, and I know these are subjective and less useful than an ERN value. If I had a variety of store-bought rods, I'd figure out their ERN values to get a sense for what a general cross-reference might be. But I do not have a variety, and so I don't think I can determine what an ERN of 16.5, for example, might translate into on the medium/heavy scale.
I did a lot of searching but I came up empty. Could anybody help me?
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator) Date: October 13, 2012 01:11PM
Take a few rods that you currently own and have a good feel for and run the CCS on them. Then use those numbers to compare, up or down, to the CCS numbers you record for the unknown blanks.
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Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Richard Glabach
(---.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Date: October 13, 2012 02:33PM
It looks like the CCS Data is no longer posted - you may have been able to get comparative data from there, assuming you could find rods that had bee n measured amongst your friends
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Scott Degen
(---.dhcp.eucl.wi.charter.com) Date: October 13, 2012 10:01PM
Tom Kirkman Wrote:
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> Take a few rods that you currently own and have a
> good feel for and run the CCS on them. Then use
> those numbers to compare, up or down, to the CCS
> numbers you record for the unknown blanks.
>
> .............
Yeah, the problem is I don't have many rods at all, if I did it wouldn't be a problem.
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.dyn.optonline.net) Date: October 13, 2012 10:17PM
Take the numbers you get from them
If you find they use a 5 wt line Put 5 over 16 - it will get you into the ball park of the lure weight to use for the rod
Bill - willierods.com
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator) Date: October 14, 2012 08:16AM
At least run the numbers on any you do have. That will give you some basis for comparison.
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Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.dyn.optonline.net) Date: October 14, 2012 01:56PM
here is another site for CCS data
[ www.sexyloops.com]
Bill - willierods.com
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
Richard Glabach
(---.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Date: October 15, 2012 08:18PM
Sexyloops apeears to be a good site, but its focus is fly rods.
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.dyn.optonline.net) Date: October 16, 2012 10:00AM
That 16.5 over 16 relates to - about - 1 1/2 oz I would think it would be a nice bass blank using 1/2 - 3/4 oz
Bill - willierods.com
Re: ERN reference for spinning/casting rods?
Posted by:
steve clark
(---.cstel.net) Date: November 02, 2012 10:58AM
I'm pretty sure 16.5 over 16 is a lot closer to 1 ounce than 1.5 ounce . . .
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