Re If you had to take only one - Bob Nunley

OK Mike, and everyone else... here ya go.  Although I am going to have to
build another one of these, a customer borrowed it and brought me money
instead of my favorite rod back, so now I am down to my 8' 5wt and my 6'9"
2wt (both of which will be with me at the SRG, btw), so, since I am being
fair, are you gonna be fair, Mike and not build my taper until I can get my
replacement build LMAO.  Just kidding.  Have fun with it if you build it.
Keep in mind that the dimension here is the FULL daimter.  Be careful... if
you have a graphite fisher across the river, you may over cast and poke his
eye out with your leader!  LOL   Actually, the rod does cast long when
needed, but can present a very close cast with the utmost delicacy.
Parabolic in nature, it has two "levers" in the rod... one that reacts
towards the tip on short casts and one that reacts in the lower half of the
butt section when you have lots of line out and get the rod properly loaded.

Bob N.

Station                Dimension

1"                        .067
5"                        .071
10"                      .090
15"                      .107
20"                      .120
25"                      .140
30"                      .153
35"                      .170
40"                      .188
45"                      .203
50"                      .216
55"                      .225
60"                      .233
65"                      .242
70"                      .251
75"                      .259
80"                      .272
85"                      .289
remainder          .289
-----Original Message-----
From: michael w. shaffer <>
To:  
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: If you had to take only one


>OK now Bob, no fair!! How about showing us rookies the taper?
>
>Mike
>
>At 08:54 AM 10/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Well, sounds kinda self centered, but I would have to go with the rod I
fish
>>all the time.  It is a 7'6" 5 weight of my design.  It casts long and
short,
>>delicate or strong, depending on the situation and the amount of line you
>>need to cast... and yes, it is of a parabolic nature.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>Doc  (Mike Shaffer)
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