I have had this question for quite a while. Looking through a BPS catalog, I see rods that are labelled for different specialties, like Jerkbait, live bait, spinner bait, etc. but other than that, their specs are the same (i.e. same line rating). What is the difference between a rod built for the different kind of fishing types? I mean is there really a difference between a rod that is meant t
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Tom, I understand that. Even when manufacturing is done via automated machines, there are still acceptable tolerances that the products are made to. Its impossible to get things "exactly" alike and can be expensive when you tighten the tolerances and make things closer to being alike. As far as the data is concerned, I do believe that it is being compiled in good faith and tha
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Bill and Tom, Thank you. You have answered my questions about this subject, I do have at least a couple more about the CCS but will start a new thread since they are not Big Picture related. @ Bill I did look at Figure 1 and that is when it occurred to me that you might not be supporting the rod at the butt section but at some other point to perform the test for different lengths of the
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I am new here, but I did do a search using Common Cents and Big Picture to see if my questions have been answered already. I did not find such posts. I'll ask my questions and if they are answered already, I apologize and ask that you direct me to the threads so that I can read the answers and not take up too much bandwidth here. Anyway, I printed off and read through all the material at CC
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