Surf rod Spinning Tapers
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Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#2Hi Guys, Herter's Rod Building Manual has a 9 1/2' Surf Rod, 2 ppc. Hollow butt, with 30" turned wooden handle.
end .456, 6" .450, 1' .346, 1 1/2 .346, 2' .333, 2 1/2 .318, 3' .300, 3 1/2 .283, 4' .265, 4 1/2 .240, 5 .243, 5 1/2 .225, 6' .200, 6 1/2 .180, 7' 2" .164, 21/64 tip top
There is also a Tournment Surf Casting Taper with a 40-45" turned wood handle and a 9 foot tip section. It calls for a 15/64" butt ferrule, but that can't be right, it has to be a 30/64's. I can post the taper, but that's a loooong tip section.
Edit: The measurements are for a strip, so twice the given spec.
Jay Edwards
end .456, 6" .450, 1' .346, 1 1/2 .346, 2' .333, 2 1/2 .318, 3' .300, 3 1/2 .283, 4' .265, 4 1/2 .240, 5 .243, 5 1/2 .225, 6' .200, 6 1/2 .180, 7' 2" .164, 21/64 tip top
There is also a Tournment Surf Casting Taper with a 40-45" turned wood handle and a 9 foot tip section. It calls for a 15/64" butt ferrule, but that can't be right, it has to be a 30/64's. I can post the taper, but that's a loooong tip section.
Edit: The measurements are for a strip, so twice the given spec.
Jay Edwards
Last edited by bluesjay on 11/17/22 01:33, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#3Would certainly love to see it Jay. Always interested in different tapers
Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#4Hi Guys, Here we go:
end .469, 6" .450, 1' .427, 1 1/2' .415, 2' .403, 2 1/2' .390, 3' .376, 3 1/2' .362, 4' .347, 4 1/2' .332, 5' .317, 5 1/2' .301, 6' .285, 6 1/2' .268, 7' .251,
7 1/2' .234, 8' .218, 8 1/2' .203, 9' .188
Whoa, hold the phone! The measurements are for one strip, so the rod diameter for these surf rods is twice the given measurement. All the bamboo rods in the Herter's rod building guide are that way.
Jay Edwards '
end .469, 6" .450, 1' .427, 1 1/2' .415, 2' .403, 2 1/2' .390, 3' .376, 3 1/2' .362, 4' .347, 4 1/2' .332, 5' .317, 5 1/2' .301, 6' .285, 6 1/2' .268, 7' .251,
7 1/2' .234, 8' .218, 8 1/2' .203, 9' .188
Whoa, hold the phone! The measurements are for one strip, so the rod diameter for these surf rods is twice the given measurement. All the bamboo rods in the Herter's rod building guide are that way.
Jay Edwards '
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Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#5You've got to be kidding me! A rod (surf rod, any rod) with a tip diameter of 0.376 inch? And a butt diameter of wellnigh an inch? Can't really picture this...
Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#6Hi Guys, Me neither, but that's the Herter's for ya...... Many of the other tapers in the book, and there are a lot of tapers, are quite more normal and quite interesting. Many, or even most are named tapers.
Edit: The tapers are on 6" centers. There are 5 and 6 strip tapers. There are a lot of bait casting tapers, also some spinning rod, and boat rod tapers.
Jay Edwards
Edit: The tapers are on 6" centers. There are 5 and 6 strip tapers. There are a lot of bait casting tapers, also some spinning rod, and boat rod tapers.
Jay Edwards
Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#7WOW!I just looked at this! With a piece of bamboo of that size the tip section could double as a wading staff!
Cheers,
Mark
Cheers,
Mark
He who shall not be able to make a trout fly, after studying these diagrams and directions, must be deficient either in brains or in manual dexterity. : Edward Fitzgibbon 1853
Re: Surf rod Spinning Tapers
#8Hi Guys, There are a lot of tapers in the book, 29 fly rod tapers, a dozen bait casters, boat rods, spinning pier. A rod is mentioned made by Lew Stoner that set a distance record of 660 feet. Pretty cool book.There is another Herters book from 1950; 'Fly Tyers- Rod Builders Materials and Tools that has culms, planing form the Compton binder Jungle Cock, Condor, etc., etc. It's also a pretty cool book..........
Jay Edwards
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