hi Rob,
that was just a little attempt at swedish humor... (swedish humor doesn't exist
)
trying these things out 'for a laugh' as you say is really cool but it also teaches one a lot about loading, line control, timing, power application and all the other elements of a cast which in turn makes for better casting when the rod/line balance is just right.
('right' is of course highly subjective)
anyhow, here's just a few examples where matching rod and line class is far from convention.
- i greatly underline rods as you did or remove the line completely and attach a leader to the tip to show students that it's not the line that loads the rod.
- the Italian TLT style usually underlines 3 line weight under the rod's rating and they fish at short distances in mountain streams.
- most 'competition' rods are far heavier than what's written on the rod: ex, they'll CCS as 7-8 wts and they're used with 5 wt lines.
i guess the point i'm trying to get across is it's not what one has but how one uses it that counts the most in fly casting. (and elsewhere as well...
)
cheers,
marc