A slow night in our household after attending the daughters' parents evening at school.
The rest of them are now watching some godawful c##p on the telly - so what are you going to do other than test the t/c of a few recently-acquired push-in carbon and glass tips for the trusty chub-tamer....(ok, I have no life...)
I can tell you this - if the term 'test curve' means the same when applied to quiver tips as I understand it to mean when applied to rods - their given ratings are miles out!
I've always understood the term to mean the minimum amount of weight required to pull the rod tip to 90 degrees from the horizontally-clamped butt/handle.
I repaired to the kitchen laboratory. By cunning application of the brass weights off the pasta-weighing scales applied to the tip ring of the various tips by means of special scientific sellotape, a short length of Drennan Double Strength and a size 8 (de-barbed, after a 'near miss') Super Specialist, I recorded my results.
The 1-ouncer came in at 1.75 oz: the 2-ouncer came in at 3oz and the carbon 3-ouncer a meaty 6 (yes SIX) ounces.
Is this normal? (The differential between stated t/c and actual t/c, that is - not 'is it normal' to waste your evening on some pointless pseudo-scientific fishing-related nonsense, because in my case I'm afraid the answer is "yes" .....as my family will testify...)
Mike
The rest of them are now watching some godawful c##p on the telly - so what are you going to do other than test the t/c of a few recently-acquired push-in carbon and glass tips for the trusty chub-tamer....(ok, I have no life...)
I can tell you this - if the term 'test curve' means the same when applied to quiver tips as I understand it to mean when applied to rods - their given ratings are miles out!
I've always understood the term to mean the minimum amount of weight required to pull the rod tip to 90 degrees from the horizontally-clamped butt/handle.
I repaired to the kitchen laboratory. By cunning application of the brass weights off the pasta-weighing scales applied to the tip ring of the various tips by means of special scientific sellotape, a short length of Drennan Double Strength and a size 8 (de-barbed, after a 'near miss') Super Specialist, I recorded my results.
The 1-ouncer came in at 1.75 oz: the 2-ouncer came in at 3oz and the carbon 3-ouncer a meaty 6 (yes SIX) ounces.
Is this normal? (The differential between stated t/c and actual t/c, that is - not 'is it normal' to waste your evening on some pointless pseudo-scientific fishing-related nonsense, because in my case I'm afraid the answer is "yes" .....as my family will testify...)
Mike