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folks, Himself has been cleaning out his fishing closet and has 6 reels of undetermined usefulness.
we don't know what weight lines are on them.
yes, we should have used any one of a million simple ways to mark them, but we didn't.
now what do we do to figure it out?
string them all up on a 4 wt and see if they fly?
thanks for any practical ideas!
Casey;
I'm sure you'll get the solution to your problem here. It can be done by the weight of the first 30' of the line.
To make sure this doesn't happen again mark the lines accordingly. Use a Sharpie to mark them, eg. 3 stripes behind a wide stripe = wt. fwd. 3 wt., the wide stripe behind the 3 stripes would indicate a double taper.
Casey,
You can google "determining fly line weight" and get a chart for the weight of the first 30 feet.
http://amflyfishing.com/articles/585...n-billing.html
Been there, although with only 3 reels.
"string them all up on a 4 wt and see if they fly?" - That sounds like it will work and won't take much time. Also, doing it that way might match up the best combination for your individual preference.
CaseyP,
Without a weight scale I think the best bet would be to measure out the first 30 feet of a known line(s) like a 4 wt an a 6 wt if you have them. Then measure out the first 30 feet ok each unknown line. Make a simple scale by taking a length of a dowel and mark the exact center. Place the 30 foot coil of the known weight on one end and the 30 foot coil of the unknown line and see if it is lighter or heavier than the known one. That will get you in the ball park.
Just a thought. Larry ---sagefisher---
Maybe this will be of help: You my have to go back to the first version of the instruction in the lower website posted.
http://www.common-cents.info/part4.pdf
http://www.common-cents.info/
Take the lines to your favorite fly shop and have them weight them.
gee, thanks, folks! these are all really good answers and they are much appreciated. we love this place!!
gonna start with the home scale that does grams, using the chart that Byron Hough offered.
Himself might enjoy tinkering with the Line Analyzer. who knows? maybe that's what the fly shop has in the back room...;-)
and Jack, the Sharpie is ready...:-)
Umpqua Fly Line Scale comes in handy over the years for all those unknown weight fly lines & even new fly lines weights may surprise one especially when being closer to a full weight heavier line.........
some time later...
turns out Himself had a scale that weighs grains. using the chart so kindly provided, we measured out 30 feet(against the 5' kitchen counter) and weighed a great many lines. we found the 8wt reel for the 8wt rod, which was the original reason for turning out that closet.
we have labeled everything we measured, too, so there go half the mysteries of life...
thanks to all involved!
Just a comment. I went the digital scale route and first thought my new scale was wrong when I checked out a known line.
I proceeded to buy a calibration weight to check my scale only to find that line makers frequently mislabel their products.hoping to make them seem to work better. This is not a good situation. Seems people like to put spin on everything.
Can you give a more detailed explanation and examples?