FW FE Thomas Special Streamer Rod Taper - Darrell A. Lee

FE Thomas Special  Streamer Rod Taper

This is the powerhouse rod that Marty Keane speaks so fondly about in his
book that he devotes about 1 1/2 pages to this rod.

I re-took the measurements. This is a 9' 3 piece rod.

Notes:
The tip section was 1/2" short at the tip top. First measurement starts at
the butt end because of the short tip. Average varnish thickness.

All measurements were averaging three measurements, flat to flat unless two
flats measurements were the same, then that diameter was used.

Rod is a swelled butt, blond cane rod.

This rod was completed January 30, 1941 and the first owner was S.S. Bauers
who bought it on May 20, 1941. This has a half Wells grip and is a 6 oz rod
according to the original FE Thomas records. Wood spacer reel seat, 7-8wt
rod.

Butt
11.5"	.468
15"	.382
20"	.340
25	.325
30	.310
35	at ferrule estimate .305
40	.300
45	.285
50	.275
55	.255
60	.234
65	.218
70	.205
75	.186
80	.175
85	.168
90	.149
95	.128
100	.098
105	.082
107"	.080
tip top

Jan Nystrom has one of these also and was planning to measure his for a
giggle, will be interested in the comparison.

Sorry about the wacky first measurement... new dial caliper and used the
wrong scale... still faster than using a micrometer.

If anyone builds this rod, I'd like to hear their results.

Darrell Lee
www.bamboorods.homepage.com