Date: Sat Oct 31 21:30:33 1998
From: fritzwiese@webtv.net (Fritz Wiese)
Subject: Heddon #50 President Deluxe Taper
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I did forget a few things on my first post.  Label on case is marked
Model #50, President, and wt #2.  Took me a while to find that was
Heddons designation for dry fly action.
Strange but the snakes on the mid section are English pattern and the
snakes on both tips are Amer. pattern.  If that was 1936 Heddon was
probably just switching over.

I took dimensions with my 1/2" Starret mic. w/pressure release.
All measurement differentals are plus dimensions, and they were always
on the spline where the guides are attached.
TIP 1        Max Diff
.065          .0005
5" .083      .0005
10" .096    .0000
15" .109    .001
20" .128    .001
25" .144    .002
30" .160    .001

Mid Section                Max Diff
351/4" .178                .0000  Just below ferrule
40"       .192               .0005
45"       .208               .001
50"       .222               .0005
55"       .235               .001
60"       .249               .002
65"       .269               .002

Butt                             Max Diff
70"       .277                .003
75"       .291                .002
80"       .308                .002
85"       .323                .0005
90"       .336                .004
93 3/8  .425                .003  Under winding check

Tip 2                            Max Diff
Tip        .080                .001
5"          .090                .001
10"        .110                .001
15"        .123                .001
20"        .136                .002
25"        .148                .002
30"        .165                .003

Client mentioned that this rod was his fathers and he was a local
tournament caster.  He used this rod for trout, dry fly accuracy and the
skish fly event were they had to use a production rod.
Workmanship is exceptional.

Fritz Wiese

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