Umpqua Fly Line Scale

[RCFetter]

Does anyone know how this works? I've found pics on the web but no instructions.

The pic below is the one I have. It's at least 25 yrs old. I guess Umpqua does not sell them anymore.

 

[afishinado]

Hey Bob,

I've never seen one. My guess is you coil up the front 30' of fly line line and weigh it (by grains) and use a fly line weight chart to determine the line weight. HTH.

 

[sandfly]

clip the first 30 feet of coiled fly line and read scale. look up common cents and get the scale there its the one I use to make custom heads.

 

[RCFetter]

Thanks guys. I'm not really interested in buying a line scale. I got this with a lot of other stuff from my uncle.



My uncle really liked fly boxes and dr slick clamps. Including the stuff I already had, I now have about 6 clamps and 20 fly boxes.

I'll test the scale later today with 30' of line and post the results.

 

[RCFetter]

Thanks Sandfly. I'll have to read that article again to fully understand how it works.

For anyone else who's interested here's a link to the 6 page article:

Simplified - The Common Cents System


At any rate, the fly line scale does work. I tested it with 30' of 4,6 and 7 wt lines and it's accurate.