Fishing Lines - Japanese to Western Scale

Have you ever purchases things like fishing line from on-line sites because it's cheaper than buying from your local tackle store. Sure you have, we've all done it, who doesn't want to save a buck.

So you eagerly await your package, which takes anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks to arrive and when you examine it upon receipt you think to yourself. That's not 10 lbs test, it's too thin. So you test it out and you find that it breaks at only 6 lbs test. You then think to yourself, cheap crap, I've been ripped off!!😠.

But were you?????  The answer to that is, NO, you were not ripped off. You got exactly what you ordered, because the scale use by countries like, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam are different than what is used in North America and Europe.

The standard size use for nylon fishing line in the orient goes back to how silk was measured and weighed. They take a standard length of line and measure its weight, from that they calculate it's average diameter. 1 另=.165mm  😁.  The standard for fluorocarbon is a bit different.

Below is a link to an article written by Dave Walker on this subject, complete with a table for the comparisons between the scales for fishing lines to help you avoid misunderstandings. So the next you order fishing line from on-line shopping sites. Take a look a this table and make sure that you are ordering the right line weight according to the Japanese Industry Standard (JIS).

Tight Lines. 🐟 🎣

http://www.tenkaratimes.com/tenkara-tutorial/tenkara-lines-japanese-to-western-scale