Really when anglers start talking about big rods #14 and bigger do they understand how much stronger that they have to be as angler. Trey Combs says it best in his book Bluewater Flyfishing. He understands that to cast and fight a large gamefish on one of these rods requires strength and endurance that the average fly angler does not usually have. The big game fly fishing era is coming, tippet size increase may well be accepted to by the institutions such as IGFA as will a increased shock length.  Technique and equipment improvements will make catching giants far easier but will the anglers be up to task?

Go to Treys book below and enter the online amazon book reader. Type in: stronger means better . This will take you to some of what Trey writes on this subject.