I may have gotten my lines mixed up
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I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#1I have two identical Rio line models, one for WF 4 wt and the other WF 5 wt.
I think I may have gotten them mixed up the way I marked them on their spools, and then again, maybe not.
Besides a scale, which I do not have, is there a way to tell which is the # 4 and the # 5?
Can you tell by looking at them at the same given distance?
I have a micrometer. What part should I measure?
I could also rig up both and comparison cast, but I am looking for a lazier way.
I think I may have gotten them mixed up the way I marked them on their spools, and then again, maybe not.
Besides a scale, which I do not have, is there a way to tell which is the # 4 and the # 5?
Can you tell by looking at them at the same given distance?
I have a micrometer. What part should I measure?
I could also rig up both and comparison cast, but I am looking for a lazier way.
Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#2Just measure through the head of each line, the WF5 should be fairly consistently thicker, but just by a hair
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#3Thanks.
It worked.
Close call, but it worked.
.02 inch difference.
It turned out that I had not switched them, but I was second guessing myself so bad that it was driving me crazy.
I have TMB.
Too Many Birthdays.
It worked.
Close call, but it worked.
.02 inch difference.
It turned out that I had not switched them, but I was second guessing myself so bad that it was driving me crazy.
I have TMB.
Too Many Birthdays.
Last edited by Mister Bill on 10/16/21 15:28, edited 1 time in total.
Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#4When identified get a sharpie and mark the tip of the line. Short stripe is one line weight, a long stripe is five line weights. Never to be mistaken!
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#5You can also lay them down side by side and compare the head length. The 5wt will likely be about a foot longer than the 4 wt.
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#6Or, make 4 lines perpendicular on the line for the 4 and 5 for the 5. Simple. But that needs to be done long before you mix them up.
Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#7Well with so many stripes can be a bit hard to distinguish, hence the thicker/longer stripe for a #5
Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#8Just get a rod to cast them and feel which one is heavier.......easy.......Should be pretty obvious, provided that they are identical model.
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#11You gotta strip out the entire length of the running line, then carefully measure every 2', add up the total, and then divide by two...kidding people kidding.
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#12A lot of lines nowadays are labelled. Otherwise, if two lines are the same brand and model, the micrometer should work. If not, the best way would be to coil up the first 30 feet and weigh them, but you need a scale accurate to the nearest hundredth of an ounce.
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#13I have a small scale that I put a plastic cup on, then press the tare button and put 30' of flyline in the cup. The one I use cost about $15 on Amazon
https://smile.amazon.com/Magnum-1000-Di ... 028&sr=8-2
and it will measure in grains, grams, ounces, etc.
https://smile.amazon.com/Magnum-1000-Di ... 028&sr=8-2
and it will measure in grains, grams, ounces, etc.
Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#14If they were true to weight there would only be 20 grains difference. If the 4 was on the low side, and the 5 on the high side, the difference could be as much as 40 grains. 40 grains is almost 1/10 of an ounce, not to mention you would need exactly the same length out of the rod tip.
Maybe it's just not that easy.
Maybe you could tell the difference, but I could not.
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Re: I may have gotten my lines mixed up
#15I can count to 5. Easy! To make it even easier, I mark 5 rings on my 5 weights just past the line/leader connection; 4 on my 4's, etc...
Black magic marker for Triangle tapers, blue for weight forward.