Originally Posted by JayZS

Question: Clamp the rod handle of a 2lb test curve horizontally to a bench, and add weight to a bit of line tied to the rod tip. How much weight would need to be added to get that right angle? The full 90 degrees. Not 88 or 89. Anyone venture a guess?

Supposedly 2lbs. It all depends on how accurate the manufacturer is quoting it's figures. You need to take into account that a fish does not fight like a dead weight. Having the rod under full compression is one thing, dealing with lunges and laxes in a fishes fight is another. I've seen this practice at the NEC to try and illustrate TCs, most of it utter nonsense. Funnier when the weight added to a pole for a test of how strong they are, the result, broken sections.