Re Shooting Heads (Harry) - Harry Boyd

David,
    Here's the taper, with much help from Bob Nunley and Tom Smithwick. I
built this rod scalloped hollow, and added a removable 4.5" fighting
butt.  With an aluminum reel seat it weighs 6.2 ounces!  It'll throw lots
of line, but it takes a strong shoulder.  In fact, I practiced with it in
the yard every day for over a month before I attempted to fish with it.
Started at 20 casts, and worked my way up to casting 40 minutes per day.
I could actually feel my shoulder strength growing every day.  Just a
warning, this isn't a taper for wimps!  There are some pictures on my
website of this rod, if you get really interested.

Harry

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



David Kashuba wrote:

> Harry-
>
>    Would love to have all the info you can provide on your 9wt.  Would
> like to learn to use the big sticks while I'm still strong enough.
>
> -David Kashuba.

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