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reel. Swell of grasp, 13-16 inches. Material, 

 a greenheart 17-3 2-inch core, covered with 

 solid cork, making a very light as well as 

 springy butt whose core is of the same diam- 

 eter as the tip, of which it is really a continu- 

 ation. Reel-seat, y% inch, fitted for a 25O-yard 

 reel. Tip calibers: ferrule center, 17-32 inch; 

 6 inches forward, 17-32; 12 inches, J< ; 18 

 inches, 15-32; 24 inches, 7-16; 30 inches, 

 I 3'3 2 > 36 inches, y%\ 42 inches, 21-64; 4 

 inches, 9-32; 54 inches, 17-64; at top, J4 ^ nc h- 

 Top, stirrup-tube, 5-16 caliber; raised agate 

 guide, 10*^ inches from top, with the second 

 guide 14 inches below the first and 36 inches 

 from the reel. Guide calibers, 5-16 and ^ 

 inch. 



This rod weighs only 13 ounces. It was 

 designed for the regulation 2 J4 -ounce lead 

 weight in long distance tournament casting, but 

 will also handle a 3- or 4-ounce sinker nicely, 

 this weight being necessary in casting in the 

 surf, where the combers will pick up a lighter 

 weight and carry it into shoal water. It also 

 has tremendous power for its weight, and is 

 resilient throughout its entire length, in which 

 it differs from rods having Heavy, stiff hand- 

 grasps; is a pleasant rod to fish with, and one 

 can cast a 2 J^ -ounce weight 175 to 200 feet 



