I was fortunate to have a customer send this rod to me to check out and figured there might be others who would be interested in seeing the taper.
The rod is a Dickerson 861611 Special made in 1940 for Elizabeth "Bess" Rennis. It is a 3/2 rod that was described as a 6 weight. I actually preferred it with a 5wt line but also cast well with a 6. The two tips are different actions with one being 1/4" shorter and a fair bit lighter/softer than the other. It has been restored by Bob Summers at some point and included new varnish, a new male ferrule on one tip, and a few other ferrules reset.
The tip sections are 34 11/16" and 34 7/16" long and the mid and butt are both 34 11/16". The grip is tiny at 5.5" long with a maximum diameter of .84". The seat is 3 9/16" long.
From the owner:
"Only three 861611's were made and the "Special" means they were all a tad different. This one was made for the wife of a well known angler who was also a coach in Michigan. Her name was Elizabeth Rennie."
Here are the measured taper numbers over varnish averaged over the 3 flat-to-flat measurements.
Tip 1:
1 0.0622
6 0.0873
10 0.0972
15 0.1095
20 0.1235
25 0.1428
30 0.1558
33 0.1657
Tip 2:
1 0.0667
6 0.0828
10 0.1000
15 0.1153
20 0.1298
25 0.1403
30 0.1532
33 0.1673
Mid:
40 0.1822
45 0.2050
50 0.2182
56 0.2300
60 0.2357
65 0.2408
Butt:
72 0.2678
76 0.2843
80 0.2973
85 0.3157
90 0.3440
94 0.4103
And the taper at 5" increments that I put in my file with an estimated .004" varnish subtracted:
Tip 1:
0.0580
0.0790
0.0910
0.1040
0.1190
0.1370
0.1510
0.1640
0.1790
0.2000
0.2130
0.2230
0.2300
0.2370
0.2570
0.2770
0.2930
0.3140
0.3530
0.4040
0.4070
0.4150
Tip 2:
0.0630
0.0760
0.0960
0.1120
0.1250
0.1360
0.1510
0.1670
0.1790
0.2000
0.2130
0.2230
0.2300
0.2370
0.2570
0.2770
0.2930
0.3140
0.3530
0.4040
0.4070
0.4150
Some Photos:
http://carlinbamboo.com/tapers/dickerso ... G_2828.JPG
http://carlinbamboo.com/tapers/dickerso ... G_2829.JPG
http://carlinbamboo.com/tapers/dickerso ... G_2830.JPG
http://carlinbamboo.com/tapers/dickerso ... G_2831.JPG
http://carlinbamboo.com/tapers/dickerso ... G_2832.JPG
Dickerson 861611 Special
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Re: Dickerson 861611 Special
#2Wow Chris, amazing. Thank you for posting the numbers and those pictures!
Jeff
Jeff
Re: Dickerson 861611 Special
#3Thank You Carlin for these "numbers"! It would be an interesting winter project to "turn them" in a rod!
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#4You sir are a gent!
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