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the ferrules beside them, and allowing for the 

 ferrules, divide the known total length by 

 three, and marking each joint, lay the three 

 side by side and check up. Remember that 

 the large ferrules are longer than the other 

 set, and that the reel-seat will add a trifle to 

 the length of the lower joint. 



Provide a piece of clear white pine for the 

 butt of the joint, shape it to fit inside the reel- 

 seat, and bore it carefully, then glue it in place 

 on the butt so that it will be a quarter-inch 

 shorter than the reel-seat. Good quality sheet 

 cork is nicest for the hand-grasp, and if you 

 have no large metal tube handy to cut it with, 

 cut it up in squares about i%. inches in diam- 

 eter, then hunt up an old ferrule of proper 

 size, file one end sharp, and cut holes in each 

 square to fit over the joint. Do not try to 

 cut the cork by hammering the cutter, but hold 

 the latter in one hand and with a circular mo- 

 tion cut out the corks. When a sufficient num- 

 ber have been made ready, push them down, 

 glue-coated, one at a time, to the reel-seat 

 dummy, mismatching the squares so that no 

 two corners will come together. Slide an old 

 piece of heavy pipe down on the lot, and set 

 the joint away in a corner until the glue is 

 dry. 



