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WF6I then ?
I picked up a 6wt and 7wt line. Both had the wrong picture online but the product in hand is correct.Yea, that isn’t an XP which has kind of a purple color running line.
I’ve seen Sierra have other issues with product pictures and descriptions in the past.
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I can’t answer your question on the Spey rods but I can tell you I am a 2 hand overhead caster with my switch rods and I up line my switch rods 3 line weights THIS IS FOR BOTH CQS, as well as OBS. SO MY 7 weight 11’ Zaxis is lined with a 10 weight CQS Xp and so on.How are you guys sizing OBS lines to your rods? I'm guessing a 9ft 7wt. rod would take a 7wt OBS line. But what about a 7wt. 11ft switch or full size 7wt 14ft spey? Are you guys looking at the switch or spey rod line grain rating say 425 gr. for a 12ft 7wt spey and then chosoing the OBS 10wt because it is 425grains while selecting the 11wt 465gr. OBS for a 7wt 14' rod that has a 465gr rating?
How are you guys sizing OBS lines to your rods? I'm guessing a 9ft 7wt. rod would take a 7wt OBS line. But what about a 7wt. 11ft switch or full size 7wt 14ft spey? Are you guys looking at the switch or spey rod line grain rating say 425 gr. for a 12ft 7wt spey and then chosoing the OBS 10wt because it is 425grains while selecting the 11wt 465gr. OBS for a 7wt 14' rod that has a 465gr rating?
How are you guys sizing OBS lines to your rods? I'm guessing a 9ft 7wt. rod would take a 7wt OBS line. But what about a 7wt. 11ft switch or full size 7wt 14ft spey? Are you guys looking at the switch or spey rod line grain rating say 425 gr. for a 12ft 7wt spey and then chosoing the OBS 10wt because it is 425grains while selecting the 11wt 465gr. OBS for a 7wt 14' rod that has a 465gr rating?
This may help, but it does not state what to use for overhead castingYou're best off throwing out the weight number system when lining a switch rod and instead use the grain weight rating for your specific rod. Check the manufacturers literature. I use a 7 weight switch from No. Fork Composites and it's rated for 410 grains. I prefer Wulff Intermediate line. To get 410 grains I need to use their 11# line as shown on their weight table. It's a perfect match..Use grain weights..
I use a 9wt CQS on my 6 wt Zaxis 11ft switch for two hand overhead casting. Other than that I can’t help you. SorryOk, this is totally unrelated to the line use in this thread, but has anyone tried to two hand cast a Rio OBS?…I’m taking a 9wt line throwingasting a 6wt trout Spey rod to the Turks & Caicos throwing cuda tubes while wading the flats…never done it before…
I should have read the last couple posts…so someone has…
Yes i use OBS on my trout spey, 8 wt on a 4 wt spey/switch. If i was to use the OBS most of the time I would size up the line to at least a 9 wt to get a better load on the rod. And my 8 wt OBS is a tropical version so it is slicker and a little stiffer up here compared to the tropics. I think the running line part on the tropical OBS is much better than the cold water version.Ok, this is totally unrelated to the line use in this thread, but has anyone tried to two hand cast a Rio OBS?…I’m taking a 9wt line throwing a 6wt trout Spey rod to the Turks & Caicos throwing cuda tubes while wading the flats…never done it before…
I should have read the last couple posts…so someone has…