How Do U Find Out The Weight Of The Line A Rod Is Meant For?

[Piss'n'Broke]

Hey All

I know its a dumb question ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but where on the rod do you find the recomm. line weight for a rod.

Ive got a backbone given to me recently an it says line weight 24kgs, an I wanted a 15kg stick so I took it back, an was told it was a 15-24kg stick, but THAT is not mention on the handle of the rod. So is there some secret formula is this a 24kg stick, 15-24kgs, or what??? Im completely stuffed, so I think I will have to keep researching. In the meantime I will keep trying to contact shimano with the serial no's, etc on the rod

Dan

[tricks]

hey mate

mate im not to sure bout the backbone series but most rods do have a range of line class ie. 8-12 or 15-24 written on the rod i'd keep trying to contact them and find out

[Guest danielinbyron]

If u look at the back of the rod,{other side to reel} about 6inches up from the top rubber hand grip in small gold print it should say "BACKBONE ELITE BBE 6'6 BOAT LENGTH 6'6 LINE WEIGHT 15-24KG.." If its the same model as mine ..All my other rods have it written on the inside..{ reel side}

Edited January 12, 2007 by danielinbyron

[Guest Aron]

the specifications for a rod (if the rod had specifications) are above the for grip on the shaft.

like this one

[Piss'n'Broke]

Cheers for that guys! I sorted it out, an went above the tackle owners head, straight to their distributor and they are going to sort me out Monday with a 15KG stick.