Daniel
There is no apology required but sometimes one can think too much.
If we followed your line of thinking, we would start off with a six foot GT rod that was an RF50 and then by the time we got to nine feet long, we would have a rod that was an RF15. What if I am fishing a place though where I need to be able to get to breakers that are a long way away but I also need PE8 to be able to try to extract the fish from structure? There are different rods made for different purposes.
I suggest you follow my suggestions in the guide to GT rods to work out what suits you rather than worry about the physics and mechanics of GT rods.
On the brand of rods, well, if I leave my Carpenter hat on, I would of course say buy a Carpenter but on the forum, I am obliged to wear my gtpopping hat and what I will say is that while the quality of Carpenter rods and the fact that they are among the leading producers is undisputed, they are not the only GT rod producer. That much should have been obvious in my guide to GT rods.
Trevor, thank you for your very kind words but I am treading a well-trodden path. Guys like Richard Foong, our new Ripple sponsor were popping for GTs in the monofilament era. Most of the GT guys from the very early days of the braid generation have disappeared now. They're off nursing arthritis and various injuries to their backs, elbows and arms from this sport! I'm just too stubborn to admit that I should be off fishing for something less strenuous.
