Re Taper Request - Shane Person
Hi List:
I am new to the list and have only built plastic rods and refinished a
couple of cane rods so I didn't think I would have anything to
contribute
for a while, but it just happens that a couple of years ago I picked up
a cane trolling rod/pool cue at a flea market for the princely sum of
one
buck. I figured it would make a good refinishing project but never got
around to it. The tip guide is missing, most of the guides were duct-
taped on and the ferrule looks like someone tried to get it apart with
vice-grips.
I filed off the ferrules, cleaned off the duct tape residue and stripped
off what was left of the varnish and measured it as follows:
Length: 7' 8"; Tip: 40.75"; Butt 39.25"
Guide spacing: Tip, 7.25", 16.125", 28", 47.75"
The following are the average of the three sets of flats, no varnish
00 turned to 0.195 for 0.75"
01 0.206
05 0.229
10 0.250
15 0.276
20 0.292
25 0.321
30 0.348
35 0.394
38 0.406
38.75 - 40.75: turned to 0.382
40.75 - 42.25: turned to 0.406
42.5 0.415
45 0.426
50 0.437
55 0.459
60 0.477
62 0.490
62.625 - 67.375: cork fore grip
67.375 - 72.125: uplocking reelseat
72.125 - 80: cork butt grip
Hope this helps
Shane Person
RON ELDER wrote:
>
> I have an odd request, so please don't jump all over me on this one. I have
> a father-in-law who is an avid fisherman. I gave him one of my early
> flyrods (perfectionist) and he absolutely loves it. He has since hinted at
> me to make another rod one for him.
>
> Now the odd part!
>
> He wants me to make a bamboo trolling rod for him (he wants to be the only
> boat in the Kootenays of BC to use one). Does anybody have a taper for a
> trolling rod that could handle rainbows up to 18lbs? He intends to bucktail
> and run 3-4 inch plugs with this rod. I want to make this rod and present
> it to him for his 65th birthday this Sept. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated and you can respond off list if this doesn't fit the topic of
> the list.
>
> Thanks,
> .....ron
>
> Ron Elder
> Calgary, AB
>
>
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