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I also assumed it was length of the blank, but never gave it a lot of thought. Marketing claims probably have a lot to do with it, as in: "Save up to 40%!" (Which means "Save a good deal less than 40%")

But because fly fishing is such a micro-technical sport where you must know the Latin names for every bug on the stream, I'll advance this: The PROPER fly rod is exactly 0.2385 the stream width at average flow, not counting overhanging willows.