Date: Wed Jan 15 14:47:25 1997
From: GLohkamp@aol.com
Subject: Re: dickerson tapers

AL 
l'll give you the the two that l have plus an extrapolated , 5 ft 4wt from
dickerson 8ft.and 8.5 extrapolated from the 8014 taper. l hope that you
saved
the 8013 taper that was posted earlier . 
            8014               8014 8.5             8615        5ft 4wt

   0      .076                 .076                   .094          .063
   5      .095                 .094                   .107          .080
 10      .114                 .113                   .120          .096 
 15      .133                 .130                   .135          .110 
 20      .151                 .147                   .150          .122
 25      .167                 .163                   .166          .135 
 30      .181                 .176                   .179          .150
 35      .192                 .187                   .192          .172
        
 40      .200                 .196                   .205          .206  
 45      .208                 .204                   .218          .245
 50      .223                 .215                   .232          .273
 55      .243                 .230                   .250          .282
 60      .264                 .250                   .269          .282
 65      .284                 .269                   .287 
 70      .295                 .285                   .307
 75      .315                 .300                   .324
 80      .336                 .317                   .342 
 85      .359                 .335                   .357
 90      .360                 .359                   .371
 95      .360                 .360                   .375
 96      .360             
100                             .360                   .375
102                             .360                   .375

Another post asked about line wt and lenght for dickerson tapers . 
8014 for example would be an 8ft 0 inch with a # 14/64 s ferrule. 8614
would
be 8ft 6inch rod with a 14/64 s ferrule ect.
As for line wt l use the rule of thumb based on the ferrule size . a rod with
a 13/64 ferrule is a 4-5 wt 14/64 s 6-7 wt 15/64 s 7-8 wt . most of the
time
this has not filed me but there are exceptions to every rule . the 8014 l
feel casts a dt # 6 just great ,it's a fast strong rod .  Anyway this method
has worked for me when l size up a taper that is new to me 
good luck 
Gary 

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