KR-concept guide train with even more rapid reduction using smaller 2nd/3rd strippers

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Re: KR-concept guide train with even more rapid reduction using smaller 2nd/3rd strippers - Any thoughts?

Posted by: Phil Ewanicki (---.res.bhn.net)

Date: December 08, 2016 03:47PM

A stationary, fully bent spinning rod with a half-ounce weight balanced on its tip can't propel that weight more than 5 yards, nor could a stationary, fully bent fly rood propel any length of fly line more than 10 feet. That stuff about all the "stored energy" in the rod blank is just that: stuff. A rod is a class 3 lever. It's purpose is to accelerate a load, and it can store only a tiny bit of energy. The distance of the cast is equal to the angle of release and the velocity of the load [total weight of line and attachments outside the tip-top] at the moment of release, minus wind resistance and the friction from the reel and anything the line touches. Imagination and make-believe are more fun, but reality does prevail. Rod builders can only reduce rod weight, which increases peak acceleration, and minimize line contact with the blank and the guides, which decreases friction.

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