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Rod calipers 



pendent handgrasp. The writer prefers here the 

 short butt-joint with solid handgrasp and long top 

 arrangement; and he makes two top-joints, one be- 

 ing lighter than the other for the casting of the 

 lighter lures, and each is in duplicate. 



As to details of construction relating to the spe- 

 cific styles and arrangements of guides for all of 

 these rods, these will be considered in the chapter on 

 ; ' Windings and Guides." 



The bait-casting rod is 5% feet in length, divided 

 as follows: handgrasp and reelseat, 10 inches; top- 

 joint, 38% inches. The butt-joint is a scant VIQ inch in 



Bait-casting rod layout 



diameter at its larger end (A) and 2 %4 inch at the 

 other (B) ; and the top-joints are each %4 inch at 

 their tips, but differently tapered, though each has a 

 double or divergent taper. 



