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SCIENCE OF FISHING. 



Then on the butt make a 3/4 inch circle and measure off 

 1 5/8 inches, and round this portion down and round the 

 end, and you have the butt shaped for the cap. Then you 

 can shape the handle and the reel bed and then shape the 

 slender part of this butt stick down, rounding it in the way 

 described, and being very careful to make it measure ex- 

 actly as shown in the diagram. This part must first be 

 squared in a taper as shown, and then the corners planed 

 down forming an octagon, 'but always keep the measure- 

 ments right, and do the last rounding of corners with the 



Regulation Method of wrapping a Rod. 



flat file. The coarse file is used where you don't care to 

 plane, and in shaping handle and butt, etc. 



The second joint and tip must be made in the same 

 way, by squaring the stick and bringing it to the proper 

 measurements from end to end, then throw a circle on each 

 end (you can't carry this out to the tip, but do it as far as 

 practicable), then a line across each corner to form an 

 octagon, and lines drawn with a straight-edge from end to 

 end, then plane or file down to this line, etc. 



When the sticks are shaped and rounded, smooth them 

 down with fine sandpaper, but be very careful in this for 



