274 Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



during the first winding the tip will probably have be- 

 come twisted on its own axis. The second winding will 

 tend to twist it in the opposite direction, and thus neu- 

 tralize and remedy the defect. This treatment may be 

 resorted to with profit, when uniting the parts of any 

 split - bamboo joint, no matter of how many strands it 

 may be made up. 



Now, to return to the case in which it was deemed ad- 

 visable to glue the tip in pairs. Assuming them to have 

 been so glued and to have dried, file out from the angle 

 near the larger end a concave place to receive the point 

 of your drill^thus : 

 A 



\ 



B 



Fig. 61. 4, concavity ; B, hole. 



Then wind twine tightly on both sides of the concavity, 

 that your drill may not split the glue joint apart, and 

 drill the hole, B. Insert a brass pin in the bottom of 

 one of the grooves and plane off the flat pith surface, 

 until your size and taper are both correct. Treat both 

 halves in this manner, glue them together as before di- 

 rected, and, when dry, your tip is ready to finish. By 

 this latter method solidity is assured, but the tip is not 

 so apt to turn out a perfect square as when all the four 

 quarters are united in one operation. If, however, you 

 accept and act on the sound principle that utility is par- 

 amount to beauty, you will uniformly adopt it in every 

 case in which the perfect solidity of the union of the 

 four strips is suspected. 



To finish, draw-file the surface lightly to remove the 



