These are better than weight labels

Its true, flex numbers are more important than weight labels.

The flex number is the actual stiffness of the pole where the weight label is more like a range of flexes.

That's why you can have three 13 150s and they all feel different...

In general,
1.0cm of flex = roughly 5lbs
.2cm of flex = roughly 1lb.

Flexing a pole is pretty simple and we'll talk about it in part 2

Using weight alone makes it difficult to know what your next pole truly is. I know I've had some poles that felt exactly the same when i moved up and others that felt huge like i jumped up 5 poles...

What also makes it hard is different pole companies flex poles on different scales... so it's hard to know if the next pole is really the next pole or maybe, it's way to big.

This is where flexing your own poles can save the day.

When you flex all of your poles on your own system, the flex numbers are consistent, so you know exactly what you're jumping on and what order they need to be in.

And you might find that you don't have a good pole line, which will help you buy the right poles to get a consistent pole line!

Whats your craziest pole change story?

This and more is all in my book over at

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