Re False Advertising in line weights - update - Tom Bowden

In general, I like rods 8' and shorter. Before I started building rods, my
favorite for stream fishing was an 8-1/2-5wt. Granger Victory. I've never
measured it, but here's a taper that was posted a while back for a Granger
Aristocrat 8-1/2' 5 wt.

BTW, Ray Gould's 8'-7 weight (which I think is based on the same taper as
your 8-1/2 footer) is one heck of a rod. I use the one I built for
saltwater beach fishing. With the light tip, a 12" cutthroat puts a nice
bend in the rod. Yet it's also got enough power in the swelled butt section
to punch out a #4 fly into the wind, and handle five pound coho salmon.
Took me a while to get the timing down for casting it. This winter I'm
planning on building a 5-wt version. I ran into the same problem with the
tip - .065-.010=.055, which seems a bit small. I'm going to try .062 for
the tip & see what happens.

Here's the taper for the Aristocrat

Station	Diameter
0	0.062
5	0.073
10	0.092
15	0.109
20	0.122
25	0.137
30	0.150
35	0.168
40	0.187
45	0.206
50	0.220
55	0.232
60	0.240
65	0.245
70	0.264
75	0.283
80	0.290
85	0.306
90	0.318
95	0.371
100	0.38
105	0.38