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Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



have nearly a uniform taper and width. You will now 

 require a couple of strips of pine, say one and a quarter 

 inches square, with right angled triangular grooves run- 

 ning the whole length, of which the preceding illustra- 

 tion is a cross-section. 



A carpenter can plane these out for you, in which case 

 have a groove in each surface, or you can build it up by 

 uniting two pieces of wood, on the edge of each of which 

 one-half of the groove is formed. It is essential that the 

 angle at the bottom of this groove be a right angle, and 

 that the sides, a a, be equal ; for on the accuracy of this 

 depends the accuracy of your result. The former you 

 can test with the corner of your square ; the latter by 

 your eye. When this is arranged to your satisfaction, 

 lay one bamboo strip in the groove in the position indi- 

 cated, and plane off to the dotted line in Fig. 54. 



Fig. 54. Fig. 55. 



A, grooved wooden strip ; B, bamboo strip ; o, rind side, and b, pith side of lat- 

 ter ; cc, the dotted line. 



Now change the bamboo, so as to plane the other edge 

 as shown in Fig. 55, like letters indicating like parts. 



