SEPARATE HANDGRASPS 97 



two tips, but this can be done by purchasing 

 two centers to fit the ferrule in the handgrasp. 

 By making one tip as described above, and the 



Fig. 34. Large End of Tip, Shouldered to Fit a Capped 

 Ferrule Center. 



other one with a rapid or hollow taper for six 

 inches above the ferrule, then gradual to the 

 small end, practically two rods will be the re- 

 sult. One tip can be stiff, for distance casting, 

 and the other one more willowy, for accuracy 

 or light lure casting a very useful combina- 

 tion. I have made a tip of this sort from beth- 

 abara which will cast a quarter-ounce lure 

 nicely, and is so well proportioned that it is a 

 pleasant rod to fish with. The dimensions 

 follow, and may be compared for reference 

 with those given in Fig. 29. The center is 

 15-32 of an inch, and the wood tapers quickly 

 at first, to 23-64 at the six-inch mark; at 12 

 inches, 21-64; l8 inches, 19-64; two feet, 17-64; 

 2^ feet, 15-64; three feet, 13-64; 3^ feet, 

 11-64; four feet, 5-32; ^/ 2 feet, >; 58^2 

 inches, at the top, 7-64 of an inch. 



