CCS Page Updates and Etc.
As some Connection readers may have already noted, the CCS Values page (look under “Pages” in the right-hand sidebar) is now live, with actual CCS data. There may be some adjustments to the data shown (for example, we may yet add or subtract columns, depending on relevancy), but the thing is live and there are values, so we’re at least moving ahead.
Some readers may also have noted the change to the Mag Bass CCS post below. The table needed to be re-coded anyway (the HTML was interfering with the CSS (no, not the CCS), but it’s fixed now), and the data was updated as explained in the little “update/note” section at the bottom.
The biggest change is the addition of the “c” value, which is just actual cents, versus a translated ERN number. We’ve been chatting a bit with Dr. Bill about better calculating “over 25″ values for ERN and there will be something forthcoming, but we at NFC felt it best for the moment to revert to absolute cents. We’ll update to ERN again once the 25+ issue has been clearly resolved (and we’ll publish anything that will help our customers with that once the time comes).
Thanks for your patience as we get this all rolling, and we’ll keep Connection readers updated as we move ahead.
I’ve been a fan of the CCS for several years and have my own set-up.
I have measured at least a couple of hundred fly rods belonging to friends and fellow club members and have total confidence in the integrity of the system. Sadly not all flyfishermen live in the US and not having cents in our Australian monetary system I have translated all weights into Grams. I use a plastic container and water for measuring rod tip deflection and weigh the container and water that achieved the one third rod length deflection.
John—Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for backing up NFC’s choice to go the CCS route. Slick way to get your gram count using the water-weight. As long as we can all convert from whatever weighing implement, we all end up speaking the same language in regards to rod characteristics. We hope that the fly blanks we’re working on now will give you some more fodder for your own CCS efforts…
I take my hat off to North Fork for having the courage to use CCS! Such self-accountability is surely a bold move – and definitely the most progressive move by a manufacturer for some time!
In the CCS list of rods tested, what is the difference between an “original & old” IMX ?
Thanks, lot of interesting info in this site.
Paul