Trolling TAper - SteVe Cook

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    The following is from a old French angling book and was photo copied =
and translated by  non-angler. The numbers are probably OK , but I don't =
know about the description.
     It is described as suitable for dragging attracters behind a boat =
or throwing them at the water. It has a powerful curve suitable for =
great Pike, Salmons and Zander, it will even work in the sea.(sic)
It is 3m long with a 700mm butt of turned wood,  it appears to be a 3 =
piece (2 sections and detachable butt).

Dimensions in millimetres

0000     4.4
0100     5.1
0200     5.7
0300     6.3
0400     7.0
0500     7.6
0600     8.2
0700     8.8
0800     9.5
0900     10.1
1000     10.7
1100     11.4
1200     12.0
1300     12.6
1400     13.2
1500     13.9
1600     14.5
1700     15.1
1800     15.8
1900     16.4
2000     17.0
2100     17.6
2200     18.3
2300     18.9


    Don't know if this is any good, I'm going to build it myself  when I =
get sorted.=20
    I have a 4 piece boat/pier rod, 6' boat (butt & tip #1), 9' =
pier(butt, middle & tip #2). I will mic. this up when I get a suitable =
(thou.) mic. If anybody's interested, let me know.

Cheers=20
SteVe Cook



RON ELDER wrote:
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> 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.
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> Now the odd part!
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
> .....ron
>=20
> Ron Elder
> Calgary, AB


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