Orvis 6 1/2 2-piece taper change in 70's?

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Orvis 6 1/2 2-piece taper change in 70's?

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Hi All,

I was just reviewing a few of my Orvis catalogs and see that the action of the 6 1/2 2-piece rod went from being consistently called a medium action to being consistently called a fast action sometime in the early 70s (I'm missing a few catalogs and don't have any beyond 1977 at this time). My question is did this taper actually change so that newer rods have a faster action than the rods from the sixties?

Anyone here have both and wish to comment or does anyone have one from mid-seventies that thinks that it is fast?

Cheers,
Joe

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