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Length of each piece, 34j inches, including ferrules. 



Butt : Extreme end of butt, f inch in diameter. 

 Small end of butt, J inch in diameter. 

 Grip or hand-piece, ly'g- inch in diameter. 

 Reel-seat, 1 inch in diameter. 



Second piece: Large end, -^ inch in diameter. 

 Small end, ^^ inch in diameter. 



Tip : Large end, ^ inch in diameter. 

 Small end, -g^^ inch in diameter. 



Reel-seat, 4 inches long. 



From extreme butt to reel-seat, 7 (from 6 to 8) inches. 



The weig-ht of a rod made from these dimensions will 

 be about nine ounces, depending upon the material em- 

 ployed in its construction. Its weight can be reduced to 

 eight ounces by taking off a sixty-fourth of an inch from 

 the several diameters, and can be increased to ten or 

 eleven ounces by enlarging the diameters in the same 

 ratio ; but it must be remembered, that in altering the 

 conditions of this rod, at all, in order to preserve its ad- 

 mirable balance and fine action, it is imperative that the 

 diameters be increased or dimi;iished, uniformly, through- 

 out the entire length of the rod, from the extreme butt to 

 the tip. 



To attempt to secure lightness by reducing the caliber 

 of the butt-piece alone, would result in spoiling the rod ; 

 and as Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie truly say : " The angler 

 who seeks lightness in a rod at the expense of any tiling 

 else is worse than an infidel." While this rod may be 

 reduced to even six ounces, if its proper proportions are 

 observed in the modeling, and still be a good rod for 

 Rock Bass, Croppies and White Bass, it would be too 



light for Black Bass angling. 



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