GLX 894 JWR

[10,000 lakes Bassin]

I’ve never looked at the Loomis JWRs much but I saw an Omnia video about this model. I was surprised to see how slow this rod looked when bending it on the wall. Definitely not what I’d picture a traditional JWR action to look like. Does anyone that owns this rod have that experience? Also I’d love to hear if the IMX pro and NRX+ models both feel a bit slower than you’d picture for a JWR. Seems like a good braid to leader rod to me. I’ll add a picture of this rod from the video 

[casts_by_fly]

That’s a static line test which can show you relative bending on the rod but without knowing how much weight is used (or force if the line is fixed) that isn’t going to tell you the action. 

[10,000 lakes Bassin]

8 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

That’s a static line test which can show you relative bending on the rod but without knowing how much weight is used (or force if the line is fixed) that isn’t going to tell you the action. 

I know it wouldn’t show you all the action but I think something could be learned from a wall test like this.

[casts_by_fly]

8 minutes ago, 10,000 lakes Bassin said:

I know it wouldn’t show you all the action but I think something could be learned from a wall test like this.

it can be comparative if two rods are shown the same way, conditions, etc. But with a static tie in point (which is what that looks like) you are forcing the rod to bend towards a specific point (the tie in) and you don’t have a reference of how hard it is to get the rod to bend in the first place. The better way is to use a constant weight and hang it from the tip of the rod. That’s what the common cents system is. You can still get an idea from what he’s doing but you have no idea if that’s a light power or a heavy power because you don’t know how hard he’s pulling up on it. 
 

specific to that rod, you can see in the picture how the very tip is straight for the first three guides more or less. That indicates a quite light power in the tip which is indicative of a fast action. Then it transitions into a fairly quick bend back to the  butt. The butt up through the bottom three guides is basically unbent. Assuming the power rating is accurate to the blank (which you can’t tell because you don’t know how hard he‘s holding it), that’s a quite light tip, quick transition top third, and an unflexing bottom. That’s what I’d expect from a jwr type blank. 

[10,000 lakes Bassin]

17 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

it can be comparative if two rods are shown the same way, conditions, etc. But with a static tie in point (which is what that looks like) you are forcing the rod to bend towards a specific point (the tie in) and you don’t have a reference of how hard it is to get the rod to bend in the first place. The better way is to use a constant weight and hang it from the tip of the rod. That’s what the common cents system is. You can still get an idea from what he’s doing but you have no idea if that’s a light power or a heavy power because you don’t know how hard he’s pulling up on it. 
 

specific to that rod, you can see in the picture how the very tip is straight for the first three guides more or less. That indicates a quite light power in the tip which is indicative of a fast action. Then it transitions into a fairly quick bend back to the  butt. The butt up through the bottom three guides is basically unbent. Assuming the power rating is accurate to the blank (which you can’t tell because you don’t know how hard he‘s holding it), that’s a quite light tip, quick transition top third, and an unflexing bottom. That’s what I’d expect from a jwr type blank. 

Thanks very good points that I didn't really think about. In the video he shows different amounts of pressure so I'm sure that would be a better example, but still nothing like using the rod in person. 

[MRQturbo]

I have the nrx plus version.. It's my go to 1/2 Oz jig or t rigs rod... The tip is too stiff to use as a frog or swimbait... I think it's perfectly suited for bottom contact... 

[softwateronly]

He's got some jwr's in lighter power hanging weights in here.  Pretty decent info too.

 

scott