Now the pull test.
I set the drag to 9kg and then attached it to a scale fixed to a point level with my hip and by lifting the rod from straight stick till the line releases from the spool.
12' Carp rod, lifted and pulled till the rod snapped and only managed 6.2kg and almost reached 90 degrees (rod snapped in the butt.)
7'6" Popping Rod, Limpopoking's lifted 70degrees and released line.
350/4 Glass, couldn't get the rod to 90 degrees and couldn't get the line to pull of the reel
SeaGrand's both to 70-75 degrees and released line
Shark Extreme and Rugged Special reached about 45-50 degrees and released line
30lbs Boat rod between 40-45 degrees.
These were approximate angles as I haven't got a matrix set up to measure against.
I always wondered how we would determine pulling power of rod's, well this answers it. - Not lock a reel and see how hard can you jerk or pull against a scale.
1. Pre-set a reel drag and then use various rods to pull in a vertical plane
2. Mark the angle it has to be pulled to in the vertical plane till line is released from the reel
3. The rod going through the lesser arc provides the best pulling ability.
For example the soft glass rod pulled through to 90 degrees without imparting 9kg on the scale
The Shark Extreme pulled to 45 degrees and was then already pulling at 9kg with a further 45 degrees to pull.
I set the drag to 9kg and then attached it to a scale fixed to a point level with my hip and by lifting the rod from straight stick till the line releases from the spool.
12' Carp rod, lifted and pulled till the rod snapped and only managed 6.2kg and almost reached 90 degrees (rod snapped in the butt.)
7'6" Popping Rod, Limpopoking's lifted 70degrees and released line.
350/4 Glass, couldn't get the rod to 90 degrees and couldn't get the line to pull of the reel
SeaGrand's both to 70-75 degrees and released line
Shark Extreme and Rugged Special reached about 45-50 degrees and released line
30lbs Boat rod between 40-45 degrees.
These were approximate angles as I haven't got a matrix set up to measure against.
I always wondered how we would determine pulling power of rod's, well this answers it. - Not lock a reel and see how hard can you jerk or pull against a scale.
1. Pre-set a reel drag and then use various rods to pull in a vertical plane
2. Mark the angle it has to be pulled to in the vertical plane till line is released from the reel
3. The rod going through the lesser arc provides the best pulling ability.
For example the soft glass rod pulled through to 90 degrees without imparting 9kg on the scale
The Shark Extreme pulled to 45 degrees and was then already pulling at 9kg with a further 45 degrees to pull.