Carpenter
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Topic: Carpenter
Posted By: fishntips
Subject: Carpenter
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2011 at 9:27pm
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Can anyone please tell me what the second number on the carpenter Blue Lagoon rods responds to? eg. BLC 84/22 BLC80/35 Presuming the fist number is length i.e. 8'4" and 8'0". is the second number casting weight or carpenter rating on how light/heavy the blank is? Looks extreme that 2nd one. |
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Posted By: huntfish
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2011 at 9:49pm
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Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2011 at 10:04pm
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Its my understanding that it shows the max drag at a specific angle the blank will handle. 22=22lb and 40=40lbs I believe but stand to be corrected that the angle mentioned is 90deg or in other terms at the 3 oclock position. ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">  http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 1:35am
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The second number is the Power rating of the rod.... I'm not sure it relates directly to max drag poundage as suggested by Boulder ( would be pretty cool clever way of doing it if it did, as it would standardise rod manufactures power ratings ) but I think thats unlikely... As far as I understand it, this number relates to Carpenters "Power" rating... so obviously the higher the number, the more powerful the blank.... just how powerful and on what scale it moves I have no clue!!! ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 2:11am
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You will need to get this translated. It is a PDF so my browser won't do it but it explains what you want to know, I think Boulder is on the money with it translating to a figure a pounds. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 3:29am
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Hey Sam,
Tried translating that doc but it doesn't give a definite explanation on the newer model rods that feature the Power rating....
Here it is, well what I can get outta Google Translate:
Law of Rod Carpenter Name Carpenter's name on the rod, we have shown uniform laws Name rod cases) BC74ULR (f) ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ BC 74 UL R (F) ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Rod Name Length Power Action SHP carbon structure Spinning or bait Setting Guide Black Current 7 feet 4 inches Ultra Light Regular active sucrose - - Finesse ※ 1 ※ 2 ※ 3 Only specific series Only specific models Only specific series Appears Appears Appears ① ... ... ... ... ... Characters appear in two or three letters of the alphabet rod abbreviations LGM (Raglan-mail), DJ (Discovery Journey), TBL (The Blue Lagoon), BT (Biggutsuna) BC (Black Current), TX (trichlorethylene star), OH (One Hundred), BB (Black Beast) ② ... ... ... ... ... Rod length is displayed Exception) if the length is listed as 80/20 where 80 and 20 after the power (Lb) and. This example ... series hits such as TBL TBL80/20RF ③ ... ... ... ... ... Rod power is displayed EXL, UL, L, ML, M, MH, H, XH (EXH), XXH, (UHL exceptions) ④ ... ... ... ... ... Rod action is displayed ● BC Series ● TBL series rod being ※ 1 S (slow action) R (Regular Action) RF (Regular First) F (fast action). ⑤ ... ... ... ... ... Only specific models are displayed SHP- SHP = wall thickness of the carbon structure (Piki and little properties. Having a higher damage limit, however.) ● BC-series models for some models of some part of the rod ● TBL series models target ● LGM series ※ 2 Before the SHP - (hyphen) is entered ⑥ ... ... ... ... ... Bait reel or spinning reel specifications Specifications Specifications for both bait and spinning rod specifications ● BB Series ● OH series being ※ 3 Only appears in reels bait specifications ● BC Series Before B or S - (hyphen) is entered Spinning-S Bay ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.
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Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 7:49am
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What gets confusing on Carpenter rods is on say the Endless Passion rods , say 85/36 ,where the max. drag written on the rod is only 10kg. What I think is that the BLC rods ( ie Kingfish rods ) have their drag and power rating measured at 3 o'clock as Boulder says , or 0 dgrees , and that GT rods are measured at 45 degrees! So the EP 85/36 would have a max drag at 0 degrees of about 16kg (36lb) but at 45 degrees is only the 10 kg. Could well be wrong about this but it explains why the EP has such a relatively low max drag compared to even the lightest Blc I own.
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Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 9:43pm
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My rusty Japanese from the above carpenter site gives me. First letters are the rods name First numbers are feet in inches length Second numbers are Lb of drag, there does not appear to be any mention of rod angle in relation to this. The rod power is referred to as in ul = ultra light on up to medium heavy etc. Then rod action, r = regular, etc 5 appears to be type of carbon, elasticity, wall thickness etc. 6 is bait cast, spin. 7 is guid placements, ie finesse, acrobat cast or spiral. Ie bc74ulr is black current 7'4" Ultra light regular action. ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 10:46pm
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This cant be right "First numbers are feet in inches length"....That would make The 80=6 foot 6 and the 84=7 foot.....I think more like 80 = 8 foot and 84 = 8 foot 4 ,like has been suggested. Interesting to know what it all means
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Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:47pm
Just a typo LBD, feet and inches, like you said 8 feet 4 inches or 84 on the rod. I think the whole rod angle / drag rating comes from the different fighting styles employed on different species of fish. Dre, my 360 account is in lock down. Must have been from the update? I will contact you ASAP, been crazy busy. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
sid fishus wrote:Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 3:08pm
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Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 12:33pm
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Carpenter BLC 83/40 = Carpenter Blue Chaser 8'3" long at 0 degree 40lb max drag from the reel. Carpenter EP 85/36 = Carpenter Endless Passion 8'5" ling at 0 Degree 36lb max drag from the reel. 10kg drag at 45 degree from the reel. -------------   WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 1:11pm
 , that was what I thought I said .
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Posted By: Bunzo
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2011 at 4:26pm
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This is an answer to Neps question on behalf of this topic to an Aussie forum, the answer is by Carpenter reps Tak Otsuka and Jon Li. Jon: "YTK when hooked will try to run into the rock, but the most critical time is when the fish keep the fight till the side of the boat , it will dive suddenly and if given to take line out will for sure head into the rock and cut the line off so the angler must resort to " no line out " drag setting to subdue the YTK , this sudden dive which creates peaking of drag must be absorbed by the rod and hence the design of BLC blanks are made quite different than most GT rods in the market ". Tak: "Andre - the second number of model name is the strength or power of butt section. It generally indicates how powerfull each rod is but same as max drag rating, this is more comfort fishing rating rather than actual breaking strength. Rory - Only BLC's max drag is rated in different way from all other series at 0 degree, rating on other models are at around 45 -50 degree, Carpenter did this not for confusing anglers and as Jon mentioned this is because BLC blanks has been designed on different concept". ------------- 
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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2011 at 4:33pm
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Hey Bun,
whats the rating on your "custom tip" ?  ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: Bunzo
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2011 at 4:45pm
BLC 80/40ish  -------------
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