results and "trust but verify"
Hello again,
I finished weighing my lines that I wanted to and sorting out the problems. First off I'm going to say that from now on I will weigh all my lines before they go on the reel. After you read this you may want to do the same.
All the lines I refer to are premium lines, fresh from the fly shop or manufacture. I will not disclose names but you are familiar with them. I do want to say that my fly shop and the manufacture I returned product to were very helpful and service was their number one priority. I ended up weighing 6 lines. Two were incorrect and 4 were correct. Now for the weights and problem details.
I bought a new WF8F line last fall for in-close single handed fishing. It worked great until I tried to cast around 30'. It just didn't load the 8wt rod. The rod was also newer so I was thinking it may be in the rod stiffness, so I bought a DT8F from a different manufacture. This combo worked well and I fished it thru the fall, winter and this spring.
Last month I got around to weighing the WF8F (this thread reminded me I needed to do this). It came in at 162 grains. A near perfect 6 weight. Obviously, the line was incorrectly packaged. I weighed the DT8F. It came in around 212 grains. A near perfect 8 weight. I went back to the fly shop I bought the WF8F and they asked if I wanted a refund. I said no, just a different line. I wanted a type 3 sink tip. They didn't have, so I got a 200 grain sink tip from a different manufacture than the WF8F. (This is excellent customer service) I have a 300 grain from this manufacture that I really like. I went to the scales and calipers because I wanted to check out the differences between the 200 and 300, so I measure and weigh. What? Are you you kidding? The 200 grain weighed more than the 300 grain by about 5 grains. The 300 was correct at just over 300 grains for the head. The 200 was 311 grains for the head. I want to add that the lines are also color coded. What gives? So I contacted the manufacture. He was helpful and I then sent in the line. They said it was a manufacturing anomoly. They also sent out a WF9F/S III for a replacement. (This is good customer service, but I'm out on postage). In the meantime, I weighed my spey line from this manufacturer and it was right on. Of course, I weighed the WF9F/S III. It was right on.
I live by the rule "trust but verfy" at work. I have carried this over to fly lines.
Thanks for listening.
voodoofly