PETA TU - 6ft. taper. - Kirkpatrick, Terry @ CLW
I agree discussions of PETA and TU probably don't belong in this List. My
comments about TU were based on my own experience at a point in time, and
may
not represent the group today. I do believe they were trying to expand
their support base by including non fishers.
Now to more important matters: someone ask for the taper on the little 6ft.
rod that I assembled out of bits and pieces. Here it is, with some
reservations. My calipers only go to .010 so I had to interpolate. I used
four measurement (one first cut, then a second averaging all three sides.)
so they should be fairly close They'll definitely be within 1/64, which
I've been told is what the old guys used before we got modern.
in. D d.
1.5 .083 .096
5 .097 .112
10 .116 .134
15 .128 .148
20 .143 .165
Note: 25 .159 .183
35in is 30 .178 .206
estimate 35 .195 .227
ferrule is 40 .219 .253
9/64 45 .230 .266
50 .240 .277
55 .248 .286
60 .261 .301
I didn't get the tip taper because it's under the tiptop -- same with the
taper in the handle.
Fla. Terry
Terry Kirkpatrick
Safety Harbor, Flu