FLY- ROD CASTING TECHNIQUES LURES TACKLE

Past experience and manufacturers' accepted standards may serve as a rule of thumb in the classification of rods. In reality, no strict standards as regards lengths and weights are reasonable, since the rod cannot be con­sidered alone. Any rod will perform according to the limits which the line imposes on it. A class-A rod throughout, regardless of its price tag and trappings, will be a miserable thing with a line too light or too heavy. About the only effective comparison I can think of is...