Re carp rod MKIV - paul.blakley

Geert,
Here's the MkIV Taper ( From Richard Walkers Book );
The taper is given from apex to flat for a single strip, i.e multiply X2
to get the 'flat to flat' dimension across a section.
All dimensions being in 'christian' units of thousandths of an inch
The rod is built as a two piece 10 footer.The handle is all cork fitted
with two sliding
rings for the reel seat and is usually decorated with intermediate
wraps.

Tip	0"	.060" , i.e flat to flat dimension is .120"
	6"	.075"
	12"	.092"
	18"	.104"
	24"	.115
	30"	.121"
	36"	.122"( Yes this station does read .122"!! )
	42"	.136"
	48"	.145"
	54"	.154"
	60"	.165"
	66"	.175"
	72"	.186" 
	78"	.197" 
	84"	.207"
	90"	.220"
	96"	.233"
	102"	.250"
	108"	)
	114"	)Wooden Handle
	120"	)

The original MkIV's  all had a length of
solid cane spliced into the butt section after the 102"mark.Modern
builders generally continue the area under handle by extending the built
cane up to the 120" point .Your guess at what these dimensions should be
are as good as anyones for this area of the rod.
For those looking at this taper and trying to work out what the hell it
is........the MkIV is quite possibly the most famous of any split cane /
bamboo UK fishing rod.It is a two piece rod, 10' long that was devised
by the late Richard Walker for Carp and general big fish hunting.It has
also been used for Salmon spinning and Pike fishing with live/deadbaits.
This rod would handle any Musky that swims!
If anyone has any further interest in this rod have a look at;
www.traditional-angling.co.uk and have a look at the 'articles'page for
a brief description of the S/U version of this classic.

Tight lines.......Paul
	


"paul.blakley" wrote:
> 
> Geert,
> This is an easy one!
> I am just setting off to the Chatsworth Game and Fishing fair but will
> post the taper to the list on my return..sometime next week.
> Tight lines........Paul
> 
> Geert Poorteman wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> > Now I know all of you are fly fisher men, and I do my share whenever i can, but
> > being a belgian (but living in Africa), I have different fishing. I used to fish
> > for carp a lot in Europe, (no trout where i lived!) and now I would like to make
> > a carp rod for carp of course, but also for catfish here in the lake (again, no
> > trout around here, the nearest being in Kenya). Is there someone in britain who
> > can give me the specs for a MKIV carp rod, or another one if no MKIV is available
> > for measuring.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Geert Poorteman