I think it was actually grains of wheat.
Neil "Greg Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@troutnet.com on 14/03/2002 06:04:55 Please respond to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Re: [VFB] Mystery Line ??? John, is that grains of salt, or grains of rice? Just curious Grollo ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mystery Line ??? > Rene- > > This should make things even more confusing. There are > 480 grains in an ounce, which means that each grain is > 0.002083 of an ounce. Or, maybe better for you metric > types, a grain is 0.0648 grams. > > -John > Oregon > > > --- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > you Americans have strange units of measurement. > > Whatever grains are > > (Wiskey?) > > Found the following table in Don Phillips "The > > Technology of Fly Rods". It > > is the weight of the first 30 feet of a line in > > grains. > > > > -- Heard, that the US switches to the metric system > > before 1900. Needs time > > to perform <G> > > > > Here is the table: > > > > Line Class Nomial weight > > 0 56 > > 1 60 > > 2 80 > > 3 100 > > 4 120 > > 5 140 > > 6 160 > > 7 185 > > 8 210 > > 9 240 > > 10 280 > > 11 330 > > 12 380 > > 13 450 > > 14 500 > > 15 550 > > > > Class 0, 13-15 are not standardized yet! > > > > Regards > > Rene > > Cologne, Germany > > > > > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Datum: Dienstag, 12. M�rz 2002 13:48 > > Betreff: Re: [VFB] Mystery Line ??? > > > > > > >You can weigh the first 30' of line. I have a chart > > somewhere that will > > give the > > >line size for the weight of the 30' of line. > > >I am sure someone out there has it handy. > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Desert Eagle wrote: > > > > > >> OK, Thanks to Dan, Rob and Neville I have some > > idea as to what my problem > > >> is. Now to try to solve it. > > >> > > >> I have several reels, a couple are mine and a > > couple came from yard > > sales. > > >> They have fly line on them, BUT, there is no > > indication as to the weight > > of > > >> the fly line. I must confess that when I got my > > fly rod and real for > > Fathers > > >> Day last year I neglected to indicate on the real > > what wt line I had on > > it. > > >> > > >> Now for the "Big" question, Without having to > > remove all the lines and > > load > > >> with new ones and mark the reels, ( An expense I > > cannot afford right > > now), > > >> is there a way to; > > >> A; determine the weight fly line from a reel ? ( > > Actually weigh the line > > >> with something like a powder scale, measure it > > and find out ??) > > >> B; determine the configuration, ( I.E., Wt > > Forward, Double Taper, ETC.) > > >> > > >> If not any of the above I assume that the only > > alternative would be to > > put > > >> each one on each rod and see how they cast and > > guess. > > >> > > >> Befuddled, > > >> Jimi > > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
