Re Need some taper help - Bob Norwood

Bill;

If I understand what you are asking for, you want a tip that is a little
lighter than the one in Don Andersons taper. I think that the following
taper should do just that. It's not a taper I have built, I just modified
the taper of Don's to give you a lighter tip, Don't know about how it will
feel at 20 feet, but it should give you good tip response at short line
lengths.

0    70
5    76
10    95
15    112
20    128
25    142
30    155
35    167
40    180
45    194
50    209
55    224
60    239
65    254
70    269
75    285
80    301
85    317

Hope this helps you some.

Regards;

Bob Norwood
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Walters" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: [RODMAKERS] Need some taper help


> I'm revisiting a rod I made, using Don Anderson's
> modified Garrison 209E taper. Its a good rod, but I
> need to remake a tip for it and am trying to make a
> tip that will cause the rod to flex a little more in
> the tip (more medium to medium slow action). Now, I've
> done the numbers to try and get what I'm looking for,
> but not sure if I went far enough. What I came up with
> is:
> 0 .074
> 5 .081
> 10 .104
> 15 .122
> 20 .136
> 25 .146
> 30 .157
> 35 .168
> 40 .181
> 45 .194
> 50 .207
> 55 .222
> 60 .235
> 65 .251
> 70 .265
> 75 .281
> 80 .296
> 85 .311
>
> With the change being made to the first 20 inches. In
> somebody's expert opinion, will this cause the rod to
> flex enough to discern the difference between the
> original and this modification? Or, should I be adding
> more to the tip, further down than 20 inches? I'm
> hoping that this will help load the rod more and make
> it easier to feel the cast at 20 feet. Suggestions?
>
> Bill W.
>
>
>
>
>
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