Rod Tapers - Fallcreek9
Howdy All:
At the Grayling meet, Dennis Higham had three rods that were measured on the
spot.
1. An FE Thomas 7-1/2', # 4, 3-Pc that was a real pleasure to cast.
2. An 8', # 5, 2-Pc msytery rod. It is one of those rods one remembers as
being great. It has the hardware of a Leonard, but had been refinished and
thus no info on the blank. The butt cap had the Leonard name, and
someone at the meet who knows Leonards told Dennis that he thought it was a
Leonard DF 50 Tournament. The rod cast with strength and punch.
3. The third rod cast well with a # 4 DT line. It is an 8', 3-Pc rod and
has a very distictive feel that someone there described as "a buttery-smooth
transition of power from hand to presentation of the fly on the water,
without any interruptions". The only rod I personally have cast that had
that feel was a 7-0', # 4 Payne # 97 or # 98.
Dennis offers the tapers to the list:
The following is the description of the # 3 rod, above.
Station tip #1 Tip # 2
1-1/4 060-060-061 056-054-055
4 074-073-073 068-070-068
6 080-079-078 074-076-075
9-3/4 092-090-090 090-088-090
15 106-107-106 103-101-101
20 122-120-120 115-115-115
25 134-134-132 132-130-131
30 144-142-141 138-137-138
31-1/8 145-146-146 140-140-141
mid butt
35 158-157-154 67-1/4 229-228-238
39-1/2 175-172-174 70 243-243-243
45 192-190-193 74 256-251-257
50 202-201-202 76 259-259-261
55 212-213-214 80 278-275-275
60 222-224-220 83 293-286-286
62-1/2 221-219-228 84 295-288-287
85 304-305-306
86 334-329-328
86-3/4 354-348-344 Still
swelling
No attempt was made to start at a particular flat and circle the same way
each time. Sorry guys, guess we missed a good chance to learn somthing.
Guide spacing: 5-1/8, 10-3/8, 15-3/4, 21-3/16, 26-3/4 tips
34-1/4, 40-3/8, 47-3/4, 56-7/8 mid
66-7/16, 74-5/8
butt
Varnish estimate: 2 to 3 /1000 each flat, 4 to 6/100 total
These are all of the numbersas taken for this rod. Will post the other two
rods as time permitts.
Thanks Dennis.
Regards,
RTyree
Ps - For Reed Curry: Pls contact me about the long, light rod with red/blk
windings that you were casting. Wondering what are the chances of getting
those dimensions.