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@oldcoach The 13'6 felt stiffer , and I was gripping ~ 13' on that. It was an old pacer fx that was a lot heavier than the pole before it, so I had some mental issues with moving it through as well. Unfortunately I can no longer use that pole. I think what confuses me about what PVjunkie wrote is wh...

thank you both for the replies! I see that even though the 14' has a much higher flex, they pretty much even out I'm still wondering if there is some kind of rule to go by when moving up length. The next pole in my old series was a 13'6 (17.2) and on that I only gripped up 2 inches higher than the 1...

In look of any help with the mathematics on where to grip between poles of different lengths I am in the understanding that a .8 increase/decrease in flex (on the same length pole) changes your grip 2 inches in either direction. How does a change in length (i.e. going from a 13' to a 13'6 or 14') in...