Hello everyone,

I'm just curious if there is a database of CCS information for blanks that are not a fly rod?

Thanks,
Gib

There was but I believe it went away when the owner dropped the site. Although it seems as if someone else either picked it up or started a new one. Someone here probably knows for sure.

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I may be wrong, but didn't the one on the NFC site cover all their blanks?

Pacific Bay and NFC have it, but as far as a database comprised of builders' measurements for a wide variety of blanks, I think that went away when Bob stopped hosting the site.

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Gib,
Good question and I have wondered about and hoped for the same. After all, there are spin and casting anglers out here also. If you discover an “other than fly” CCS, I would be indebted to acquire a copy.

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

[www.wetconcepts.com]
select spinning and casting tab at the bottom. It is old.

Thank you for taking the time, Rick. At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I was hoping for a system/method and formula to test any rod or blank. Does such exist?

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Go the Common Cents info link, top left.
[www.common-cents.info]
Norm

Mark,
The common cents system does not care what kind of blank it is, had a gentleman want a comparison with an existing rod to a blank. It took just about all the pennies you can put in a 16 ounce Snapple bottle to get it done.

Right, the CCS doesn't measure fly rods, it measures action, power and speed. All rod blanks have these inherent characteristics. Sort of like a weight scale - it doesn't measure people, parcels, lead, etc., it measures weight.

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Norman, Spencer and Tom,
Thanks, and I realize that. However, it would be very nice to be able to measure an old, unmarked rod or blank to achieve a line weight in lbs consistent with spinning and casting rods rather than line size as consistent for fly rods. Is there a simple formula?

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Hello Mark.

To convert from Fly to Spin: 1wt.= 1/8th oz., 2wt.= 3/16th oz., 3wt.= 1/5th oz., 4wt.= 1/4 oz., 5wt.= 5/16th oz., 6wt.= 3/8th oz., 7wt.= 3/5th oz., 8wt= 1/2 oz., 9wt.= 9/16th oz., 10wt.= 2/3rd oz., 11wt.= 3/4 oz., 12wt.= 7/8th-1 oz.
Beyond that I don't have the numbers, someone on this site gave me these numbers(Tom?), don't remember.

Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

See table C on page 8 of this link: [www.common-cents.info]
Norm

Hello Norman.

Thanks, how did I miss that one?
Much better than what I was given before.

Thanks again.

Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.