118 AMATEUR RODMAKING 



have seen hard service. All are hexagonal 

 bamboo. The handgrasps are solid cork, the 

 hand guides agate, the other guides of steel, 

 snake-pattern, and the tops loose steel rings: 



Heavy Fly-Rod. Length, 9 feet 8 inches; 

 weight, 7 ounces. Joints, 39^ inches long. 

 Grasp, 9^2 inches long, inclusive of J^-inch 

 reel-seat. Ferrules, serrated, waterproof, 

 21-64 and 13-64. Calibers: at taper, j inch; 

 12 inches from butt, 7-16; 18 inches, 13-32; 

 2 feet, 25-64; 2^ feet, #; 3 feet, 23-64; 

 3J4, 11-32; 4 feet, 5-16; 4^ feet, 19-64; 5 

 feet, 9-32; $y 2 feet, 17-64; 6 feet, % ; 6 l / 2 

 feet, 15-64; 7 feet, 3-16; 7}^ feet, 11-64; 8 

 feet, 9-64; Sy 2 feet, % ; 9 feet, 7-64; at top, 

 5-64 inch. 



Medium Weight Fly-Rod. Length, 9^2 

 feet; joints, 38^2 inches. Weight, 6 to 6y 2 

 ounces. Grasp, 9^ inches; reel-seat, ^4 inch. 

 Ferrules, serrated, waterproof, 19-64 and 

 3-16. Calibers: butt joint, at taper, 13-32; 



1 foot from butt, 25-64; ij4 feet, 23-64; 



2 feet, 11-32; 2,y 2 feet, 21-64; 3 feet, 19-64. 

 Middle joint, 6 inches, 19-64; i foot, 9-32; 

 iy 2 feet, 17-64; 2 feet, 15-64; 2^ feet, 7-32; 



3 feet, 13-64. Tips, 6 inches, 11-64; I foot, 

 5-32; iy 2 feet, 9-64; 2 feet, % ; 2>4 f 66(^7-64; 



Trow/ Fly-Rod. Length, 9 feet; joints, 



