line rating or cast wieght on rods?

[fish_outta_water]

just wondering how rods are marketed in aus ,as in uk rods arent sold with line raing on them ,they have test curve or castweight . noticed when described on this site everyone uses line rating
wondering if this is due to more light multipliers being used?
personaly id rather know the cast weight , maybe then id stop busting american made rods ::) wouldve thought 20 lb rated would throw 2oz :-[
just wanted your thoughts on the matter

[Noelm]

not all rods are made to cast! so a casting weight will be useless in some instances, so I guess a line "class" will mean more to the novice looking for a rod (maybe?)

[Reef_fisher]

Don't know that line rating is all that flash on some brands either. I have used rods with a certain line rating and put line below rating on it and have snapped rod. >:( Or have I got the line rating and what it refers to wrong. I would have thought the line would snap before rod if using lighter than recomended line. It was a boat rod if that helps explain anything.
Yes fish outa water it makes things very confusing when you are using stuff imported, and are trying to set up a rig.

[banshee]

G'day Reef fisher,hard to say just why your rod broke but something to consider as an example is that a rod with a line rating of 6kg probably shouldn't have much more than 2kg of drag runing over it,this is especialy true of the new u-beaut ultra light graphite rods more so than the old spun glass blanks such as the Uglies,Silstar Crystals etc which are practicaly indestructable and could be the cause for some peoples "bad Habits" (me included) such as breaking line off useing the rod,thumb locking drag etc.Other things to consider with drag setings are the amount of line on the spool and the angle of the rod,drag set on a full spool increases as the spool diameter decreases,likewise the higher the angle of the rod the more drag generated (on the same size spool diameter) so people can find themselves in a stuation with a lot of line out and the rod angle up to the point of or nearing "high stick" and they have a hell of a lot more drag than when they started resulting in a failure,I think the japs have the best way of describing the fighting style needed in this situation when they say "Bow to the fish" (Fight it with a flat stick).

[fish_outta_water]

hi guys
agree that boat/troll/stand up rods have no real need to cast , so can see the sense in line rating.
what got me thinking on this is ive noticed lots of you guys using really light jig heads on rods rated as low as 4lb line ,
trying to imagine a rod light enough to cast a gram or two and still play a fish :o, must have really light tips heavier butt sections ?

[Rocket439]

i have a shimano t-curve light spin which has a line rating of 2-5kg and cast(lure) rating of 1-9 grams. I have thrown 20 grams lures on it without any hassle but i wouldn't go any heavier. have also thrown weightless plastics without too many dramas either.