SALMON FLY-RODS 125 



I 1-16; reel-seat, 6 inches long, i inch in diam- 

 eter; upper grasp, n inches long, diameter 



I 3-16. Calibers: 24 inches from butt, at 

 taper, 41-64; 30 inches, $/ s ; 3 f eet, 39' 6 4; 3^2 

 feet, 19-32; 4 feet, 37-64; 4^ feet, 35-64. 

 Ferrule, capped, welted, and serrated, 

 inches long. Middle joint: Ferrule, 

 inches long, 17-32; 6 inches from bottom, 

 17-32; 12 inches, y 2 \ 18 inches, */ 2 ; 2 feet, 

 31-64; 2>^ feet, 15-32; 3 feet, 7-16; 3J4 feet, 

 13-32; 4 feet, #; 4^ feet, 11-32; ferrule, 

 capped, welted, and serrated, 3^ inches long. 

 Tips: Ferrule, 2^s inches long, 21-64; 6 

 inches, 5-16; 12 inches, 19-64; 18 inches, 

 9-32; 2 feet, 17-64; 2*/ 2 feet, 15-64; 3 feet, 

 13-64; 3 T /2 feet, 3-16; 4 feet, 11-64; 4^ feet, 

 9-64; at top, y& inch. Tops, loose ring, steel. 

 Guides: First, agate, 5-16; balance hard stefci' 

 snake guides, fifteen in all. 



Bethabara Salmon Rod. Length, 14 feet 



II inches; joints, 5 feet; weight, 28 ounces. 

 Handgrasp, double, 24 inches long, other di- 

 mensions same as split bamboo. Calibers: 24 

 inches from butt, J4 "^h; 30 inches, 45-64; 

 3 feet, 43-64; 3^2 feet, %\ 4 feet, 19-32; 

 4 l /2 feet, 9-16; ferrule, capped and welted, 3J4 

 inches long. Middle joint: Ferrule, 2^6 

 inches long, 17-32 diameter; 6 inches, 17-32; 



