And happy Thanksgiving to you too.

You do raise some valid concerns about the CCS, but I don't think it will be useful for me to comment on them until you've read the articles linked at the beginning of the thread. The biggest points of the articles are how they explain that Intrinsic Power does indeed predict the amount of line it takes to load a rod, and that Action Angle provides a consistent means to disseminate the bending profile of a rod.

You are probably right that it doesn't address anomalies such as hinges or parabolic tapers. But for the vast majority of rods the system works fine. I won't try to say that the system will work for you, but it work well for a lot of other folks.