Overmywaders, I think you're missing a few points of the CCS.

1. It's intended to describe the static properties of a rod. As such, one's casting style has nothing to do with it. As mass is a dynamic property, it also has nothing to do with CCS

2. It's intended to give an arbitraty and objective definition of a rod's maximum bend "action", and how much line it takes to load to rod "intrinsic power" (although "stiffness" would be more correct termonology).

3. It won't tell you if a rod is fast or slow, as those are subjective terms. Its up to you to decide what action angle constitutes fast, etc.. . But every rod with the same action angle will, by definition, have the same action.

4. It does not address "feel". Nor does it desribe a rod's weight, tip size, butt diameter or nationality. But that doesn't mean it should be dimissed becuase it doesn't do it all.


As JC has said on many occasion, there is no substitute for test-casting a rod. At least with the CCS you don't have to test every rod on the rack if you know what you're looking for.

One last point to make. Don't expect to see rod makers to list the CCS data of thier rods anytime soon. Too much liability for the mfr's and costly to implement.