Alaska special taper - Harry Boyd

Friends,
    At SRG, some of you asked me for this taper.  I have to
admit that it was fun watching some of the better casters
throw the entire line and up to about 20 feet of backing
with this rod, but I suspect that those guys could do the
same with almost any decent 9 weight and a T-300 shooting
head.

    Most of the credit for this one goes to Tom Smithwick
and Bob Nunley.  All I did was take their suggestions and
implement them, with a few twists of my own.  This is a 3
piece 8.5 foot 9 wieght.  The butt is scalloped hollow (2"
solid at ferrules and 1.5" at nodes) to .080, and the mid
hollowed the same way to .070.  Node spacing is 3x3.  I
added a removable 4" fighting butt to give it a little more
balance, and to make things easier while fighting King
Salmon, making the total length with the f b at about 106".
Were I to rebuild it, I would hollow a little of the tip
section out as well, just to remove some of the tip
heaviness and make it balance a little better without the
fighting butt.  Ferrules are 20/64 and 15/64.  Reel seat is
cheapo aluminum, to save weight.  Finished weight is 6.2
ounces.  Maximum stress is at 10", and about 223K in/oz.
Guide spacing is standard straight out of a book somewhere.

Inches  Dimension
    0      0.085
    5      0.116
   10      0.134
   15      0.159
   20      0.172
   25      0.192
   30      0.212
   35      0.231
   40      0.250
   45      0.263
   50      0.269
   55      0.275
   60      0.288
   65      0.304
   70      0.322
   75      0.343
   80      0.365
   85      0.372
   90      0.383
   92      0.389

Harry
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Harry Boyd
http://HarryBoydbamboorods.eboard.com/