Spinning & Casting Tapers - J C

Here are some of the tapes for spinning and bait casting rods found in 
"Secret Fresh and Salt Water Fishing Tricks" by Herter. This book, by the 
way has 90+ pages on bamboo rod construction. 

I am writing these tapers as they were in the book. I little different 
then what we are used to.

Measurements are in thousandths of an inch from the butt of the rod to 
the tip. All measurements are for the diameter of one strip of the rod 
only given in thousandths of an inch.  

Swiss Medium Action Spinning Rod
7'-  2 piece - 5 strip 7/64 top

end	6"	1'	11/2'	2'	21/2'	3'
.165	.165	.165	.165	.160	.150	.142

31/2'	4'	41/2'	5'	51/2'	6'	61/2'	7'
.133	.120	.108	.096	.085	.075	.065	.055

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Crompton lightweight spinning Rod
7 - foot, 2 - piece , 6 - strip 

Butt section is to be 42.375 in long including the empty seat of the 
female ferrule.

end	5"	11.5"	17.5"	23.5"	29.5"	35.5"	41.625"
.130	.133	.133	.131	.127	.121	.108	.094

12/64 female ferrule

Tip section is to be 42.375" long

end	6"	12.25"	18.25"	24.25"	30.5	36.5	42.375
.094	.092	.090	.081	.074	.065	.064	.055

12/64 male ferrule

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Bass casting rod 5 1/2' 6 strip

end	6"	1'	1.5'	2'	2.5'
.227	.227	.227	.211	.188	.172

3'	3.5'	4'	4.5'	5'	5.5'
.157	.140	.120	.100	.084	.070

9/64 top

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Light casting rod for 3/8oz lures and tournament casting
6' - strip

end	6"	1'	1.5'	2'	2.5'	3'
.188	.178	.168	.148	.126	.110	.102

3.5'	4'	4.5'	5'	5.5'	6'
.094	.086	.079	.071	.063	.055 7/64 top

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Lightweight casting rod for 5/8 oz  to 1 oz lures 
6' - 6 strip

end	6'	1'	1.5'	2'	2.5'	3'	
.188	.178	.165	.150	.142	134	.127

3.5'	4'	4.5'	5'	5.5'	6'
.111	.065	.087	.80	.072	.063 	8/64 top

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Heddon 850 Tournament 3/8 oz casting rod
Butt section
12" detachable handle

Tip section is to be 61" long including seated male ferrule.
end	3"	7"	13"	19"	25"
.234	.207	.137	.119	.112	.106

31"	37"	43"	49"	55"	61"
.099	.090	.077	.067	.061	.055   	7/64 top

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Harold C. Hollis rod for 3/8oz to 1/4oz plugs for Bass fishing

end"	1'	1.5'	2'	25'	36.50"
.219	.219	.139	.1305	.125	.117	15/64 female ferrule


end	3"	8"	1'2""	1'8"	2'2"	'8"	37.50"
117	.1035	.090	.0855	.0745	.065	.535	.047


These are just some of the 49 tapers that are in this book.

I have not built any of these tapers, so by posting them I am not 
necessarily recomending them.

Have fun

Jonathan Clarke.