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Airflo Rage Line recommendation

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#1 ·
I cannot find an airflo line recommendation chart for specific rods.

Any recommendation on the grain weight for the following two rods in the Airflo Rage?
Sage One 6126
Burk 8133
 
#4 ·
From Tom Laramer, the designer of the Rage Compact...

"To determine the correct weight to choose and as a general rule of thumb, line your rod 30 grains lighter than your Skagit Compact. If you like a faster-livelier feel to your floating head, go 60 grains lighter. Like all of Airflo’s Spey heads, the lines comes in 30 grain increments and are available in 360 grains to 600 grains."

So it's not recommended to go as light as the scandi weight for your rod, rather somewhere between skagit and sandi. But, as jason said above, rods these days have large grain windows and thus it really depends more on your casting style and ability.