[Luv2flyfish]

Lets say you take a standard double taper line and cut the tapers off so you have just the belly section. Does anyone have the grain weights PER FOOT of belly section for 5wt 6wt and 7wt? Just curious

I thought I would ask here before I send off to line mfg's and get funky answers that side step the question.
Thanks Jay

 

[MJC]

Grain Weights

Based on the AFTMA Standards 30' of level 5 wt=4.67 grns per foot, 6 wt=5.33 grns per foot, 7 wt=6.17 grns per foot and so forth. All lines 1 wt-15 wt are listed on page 21 of Rio's 2004 catalogue so I think they are probably also on Rio's website. Barring that a Google search using AFTMA line weights should show you all of them.

 

[o_clarki_clarki]

I know the 555 DT's are as follows for the first 30 foot of head... so if the rear is identical then the weights should be the same and that the belly is 13 foot.


150 DT5 or for a 30 foot section...5 grains per foot

170 DT6------------------------------...5.6 grains per foot

195 DT6------------------------------...6.5 grains per foot

This is all dependent on my math being correct.

Vinnie

 

[o_clarki_clarki]

MJC beat me to the punch and hey I broke 200 posts...I think I'll have a root beer, as I am not a drinker..... :Eyecrazy:

 

[Lohi]

Theoretical values, EXCLUDING the front taper (which is what I think was asked) i.e. the belly part of the line weight per foot are IMHO as follows:

AFTM DT #5... 5.8 grain/ft
AFTM DT #6... 6.8 grain/ft
AFTM DT #7... 7.9 grain/ft

These values are calculated, not measured from actual lines.

 

[Luv2flyfish]

Right on! Danke! I was digging around in Rio's site but only found the AFTMA rating for the first 30 feet (which will include the front tapers). Googling AFTMA I didnt do. Guess I should have as if it werent for google where would the world be? That is good info and thanks for the replies.

Jay

 

[Lohi]

You can't accurately calculate belly grains per foot without knowing the length of the front taper. Short front tapers produce lighter g/f than longer ones.

Absolutely so! However, I´ve lost the excel-sheet with which the forementioned grains/ft were calculated. Had only a print of the results available. Could have been something from 7 to 10 ft though (the front taper that is). Perhaps I have to do the calculation again :biggrin:

 

[Lohi]

Hmmmm....

Just did some math, which gave me a Formula:

m = M/(L-2/3*T),

where

m is the mass/length of the level part of the line, excluding the Taper, i.e. the mass of the level part divided by the length of the level part.
M is the Mass of the line (e.g. 140 grains for 30 ft of AFTM #5)
L is the Length of the line (e.g. 30 ft)
T is the length of the Taper (was about 10 ft in my calcs)

with e.g. 7 ft taperlength the results would have been:

5.53 grains/ft for #5
6.32 grains/ft for #6
7.30 grains/ft for #7

With your formula Peter (7 ft Taper), I get

5.06 grains/ft for #5
5.78 grains/ft for #6
6.69 grains/ft for #7

and for 10 ft taper:

5.25 grains/ft for #5
6.00 grains/ft for #6
6.94 grains/ft for #7

 

[Luv2flyfish]

Whooooaaaaa.....Holy Crap folks - Ya lost me a long darn time ago.

This adds a whole new element to nerdy-ism and fly fishing! AWESOME! :Eyecrazy: :Eyecrazy: :Eyecrazy:

You guys got all complicated on the original question:

What I was looking for was if anyone had taken lets say a 5wt or 6wt or 7wt, we'll use a Double taper for instance. Cut the taper off so you have the level running belly of the line (no tapers just belly) and I was wondering what the grain weight per foot of those mentioned BELLY ONLY sections were.

The whole taper thing makes no difference at this stage of the little game I am playing. I just dont have the resources available to take a 5wt or 6wt DT line, cut the tapers off, cut a 12 inch section out of the middle and weigh that 12 inch section. Right on though, this turned into a kinda off the wall, but cool thread.

 

[Lohi]

Now I lost the track

I think that the problem is not in the way we formulate the formula, but the bottom line is, that we have differents formulas, which give different results. As we both are trying to answer the same question, one of us must be more right than the other... now we have to just decide, who that would be.

 

[Lohi]

Whooooaaaaa.....Holy Crap folks - Ya lost me a long darn time ago.

This adds a whole new element to nerdy-ism and fly fishing! AWESOME! :Eyecrazy: :Eyecrazy: :Eyecrazy:

You guys got all complicated on the original question:

....

Dont worry, as we are perhaps two of the most "line-crazy" nerds online

I understand your original question (at least I think so), and was trying to give you an answer, without cutting any lines. Now we have a whole new problem ahead, as our calculations are giving difefrent results, being off as much as a 1 grain per foot. :chuckle:

 

[Luv2flyfish]

:chuckle: BRING IN THE INDEPENDENT JUDGE.....which would be...........uh......Uh......Well, hell I dont know! With all the pro's on this board there has to be someone who has taken the Fly line grain weight formula 500 level in College.....anyone? Anyone? :chuckle:

 

[Lohi]

Ok, now I understand why we have different formulas, you stated that your formula is experimental, based on measurements, mine is purely theoretical, based on calculating the volumes of the front taper and level part, and assuming the front taper to be a cone. :Eyecrazy:

 

[Brian Simonseth]

And people call me crazy!

:hihi:

 

[Lohi]

Yes, more or less harmless...

My cone is uncut, so it assumes a taper from zero to belly diameter... yours is cut, assuming a certain ratio between the line tip diameter and belly diameter. But I am not worried about this, as obviously different assumptions yield different answers... :razz:

Btw, I had somewhere an excel -sheet, that had the diameters as parameters, let me see...

 

[myfishcasting]

just a thought, or 2

I can see real application in finding a formula for a given length of any line regardless of taper. And i have some thoughts.

I am assuming we are using the AFTM ratings for the first 30' here.

Break down the taper into its 3 independant geometric shapes.
So, level tip (cylinder), taper (frustum cone), and belly (cylinder).

We have a grain weight, yes ?.

Ok find volumes of each part, then find the percentage part by volume.

example:
lets say we get (real simple version).

level tip 10% total volume
taper 20% total volume
belly 70% total volume

It stands to reason that the core is a constant throughout the line so is factored in as a whole.

So a 300 grain 30 foot line includes coating and core as a whole.

level tip is 10% @ 30 grains.
taper is 20% @ 60 grains.
belly is 70% @ 210 grains.

we have already the length of belly from our volume calculations so dividing 210 grains by the actual amount in length of belly gives us grains per foot.

The actual grains per foot in the level tip would be arrived at in a similar fashion, whilst the taper would require frustum cone volume calculations per foot of length.

This is a simplified view, and i'm *NOT* an expert. But i do think it would work on any line, and any taper, so as to arrive at an accurate grain weight for a given piece of line before cutting.

 

[Lohi]

Well, the formula is not that complicated, Volume of any part of a line, either level or tapered (frustum cone?), is:

V = Pi*L*(r1*r1 + r1*r2 + r2*r2)/3,

where

Pi = 3.14
L = length of the part in question
r1= radius of front of the part = front diameter/2
r2 = radius of the end of the part = end diameter/2

If the part is level, then r1 = r2, if tapered, r1 < or > r2. Calculate the volumes of each part (level tip, taper, belly, or any part for that matter) as myfishcasting described, get the volumedistribution, assume constant density, and you have the weight distribution. In theory that is

 

[myfishcasting]

(frustum cone?), is:

A conical frustum is a frustum created by slicing the top off a cone (with the cut made parallel to the base).
And the "Frustum" being...
The portion of a solid which lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid.

In theory that is

Yea, right :chuckle:

Now all we need is a database of rods and optimum grain weights. use the formula and say 'X' amount of 'Y' line should work with 'Z' rod, and all that without getting wet. :hihi:

Its a thought.

 

[Lohi]

...
Now all we need is a database of rods and optimum grain weights. use the formula and say 'X' amount of 'Y' line should work with 'Z' rod, and all that without getting wet. :hihi:

Its a thought.

No, Its a Speyline standard, which has been adopted by both line and rod manufacturers. Maybe next year already we shall see those lines... about the rods I really dont know

And ofcourse no standard can take into account personal preferences, but it would be easier, if I knew e.g. that a #9.5 Speyline would work well for me and my 11 rated Speyrod. Then choosing another length and make of line might be a little bit easier. We must have faith ... :biggrin:

 

[Guest]

Actually I believe that the standard is for the first 30 feet of the Level portion of the line, it does not include the taper. Cheers Max