The first on was a Beulah 'Elixor' 5/6 with a 27' head. Waaay to short for my taste until I put a 15' poly leader (RIO) on the end. Now we're getting somewhere.
Dug up RIO 5/6 windcutter that I had (zero idea what I first purchased same for; God I do have too many rods) which has a head closer to 45.' The 'grains' from one line to the other is pretty similar, just the one has a 'head' closer to twice the length.
Doubt a full 15' leader will now be appropriate (just too much for a 11' 9" + 46' head)so will start out with something closer to the 9' range. I'm going to 're-load' the rod with the RIO and give it a go and see what's to see.
To back up, the very short head on the Beaulh was very limiting on setting an anchor and required shooting a heck of a lot of line with each cast. The very soft running line also really limited 'mending' until the line was 1/3-1/2 way through the 'drift.'
Fred A. Evans
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