FERRULES AND THEIR FITTING 137 



tion) has a straight-sided female member, and a 

 shouldered male member that is closed at the distal 

 end " closed-end center." They are obtainable 

 from Abbey and Imbrie, at 97 Chambers Street, New 

 York City, under the name of " bamboo " ferrules. 

 We also have obtained similar satisfactory ferrules 

 from the T. H. Chubb Rod Co., of Post Mills, Ver- 

 mont, which that firm catalogs as their " special 

 short, straight, welted ferrule, with capped arid 

 closed-end center." The Abbey and Imbrie fer- 

 rules, at the time of this writing, were supplied in 

 the following sizes, the figures denoting in fractions 

 of an inch the outside diameter of the male or in- 

 side diameter of the female or outer member: 



%4, ^64, 3 /16, 7 /32, 15 /64, & 17 /64, l9 /64, 

 15 /32, y 2 , 3 %4, 19 /32, %, 43 /64, 23 /32, %, 51 /64, 



6 %4, i%2- The Chubb article ran in somewhat 

 different sizes, namely: % 2 , % 6 , 13 4i, 1 %4, *%4, 19 4t, 



^32, %, 13 /32, 7 /16, 15 /32, 17 /32, 19 /32, %, Hie, 23 /32, 13 /16. 



Once again the reader is cautioned that he should 

 be prepared to find that actual diameters of stock 

 ferrules may vary minutely from the sizes as listed. 



The sizes used by the writer for the ten-foot fly, 

 nine- and nine and one-half-foot fly, and five and one- 

 quarter-foot bait-casting rods mentioned in a pre- 

 vious chapter, are respectively 2 ^ and *%* inch; %2 

 and a %4; and *%4 inch. For the independent-hand- 

 grasp joint, for the fly-rods, %e and % inch. 



Ferrules that are a trifle large should be selected, 



