Chuck, you have hit one of my hot buttons. At least there is an AFTM so called standard for fly line weight. However there is no standard for rods We'll probably start seeing 5.5 weight rods to susposedly match 5.5 wt lines. My solution is: please tell me how much the line weighs. I'll then select a line weight that I've used To fit the rod I'm fishing with. There is a lot of unneeded hype out there. Lighter, faster etc. They never say lighter than what.