Grollo-
As someone else posted, it actually was the average
weight of grains of wheat...from the middle of the
ear, no less.
-John
Oregon
--- Greg Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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