Re Two-handed taper - Rich Jezioro

Here is a taper for a salmon rod from the Frazer book.

Split Bamboo Salmon Rod.- Length, 14 feet 11 ½ inches; joints, 5 feet 1 inch;
weight, 26 ounces; material, six strip Calcutta bamboo. Handgrasp, double, 24
inches long, solid cork fitted to bamboo direct. Length of lower grasp, 7
inches; diameter, 1 3/16; buttcap, 1 1/16; reelseat, 6 inches long, 1 inch in
diameter; upper grasp, 11 inches long, diameter 1 3/16. Calibers: 24 inches
from butt, at the taper, 41/64; 30 inches, 5/8; 3 feet, 39/64; 3 ½ feet,
19/32;
4 feet, 35/64; 4 ½ feet, 35/64. Middle joint: Ferrule, 3 5/8 inches long,
17/32; 12 inches, ½; 18 inches, ½; 2 feet, 31/64; 2 ½ feet, 15/32; 3 feet,
7/16; 3 ½ feet, 13/32; 4 feet, 3/8; 4 ½ feet, 11/32, ferrule capped, welted,
and serrated, 3 3/8 inches long. Tips: Ferrule, 2 5/8 inches, 21/64; 6 inches
5/16, 12 inches, 19/64; 3 feet, 13/64; 3 ½ feet, 3/16; 4 feet, 11/64; 4 ½
feet,
9/64; at top 1/8 inch. Tops, loose ring, steel. Guides: First agate, 5-16;
balance hard steel snake guides, fifteen in all.

I have tried to copy this as accurately as possible. It seems interesting.
Being made of Calcutta cane, if it is like the rod Reed had at Grayling, it
will not be fast, but smooth. 

Reed note: Calcutta cane. 

Rich Jezioro


At 10:14 PM 7/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Could I second that request for a two-handed taper?
>
>I've been asked to make a 13-15 foot 9 or 10 wt.
>two-handed spey rod for someone who REALLY
>wants a bamboo thunder stick for salt water. If I can
>find a taper, I'd like to try.
>
>I'm not sure who's crazier ....him or me.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Charlie Curro
>(PS -I'm aware of the Payne taper in Jack Howell's book.)
> 
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