104 AMATEUR RODMAKING 



but it is advisable to have someone else turn 

 the wheel while you support the rod with one 

 hand and polish with the other. This of 

 course applies to tips, too. 



Split Bamboo Tournament Rod with Cylindrical Cork 

 Handgrasp. 



Bethabara Casting Rod. 



Jucara Prieto Casting Rod with Double Cord-wound 

 Handgrasp. 



Figure 40. 



The butt of your rod will be 32^ inches 

 long when ready for ferrule and handgrasps 

 (see Fig. 39). It will taper from 15-32 at 

 the forward end of grasp to 19-64 at the fer- 

 rule, it being remembered that the cap or 

 shoulder on this ferrule v is 1-32 of an inch 

 larger than the cap on its center. 



At first the tip may seem too heavy, but it 

 must be remembered that it should be heavier 

 in a wood rod than in one of split bamboo, 

 and that whereas many split bamboo tourna- 

 ment rods are made with very little resiliency 



