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Posts: 19 08/18/2008 17:47 |
Does anyone have the taper information for a Leonard 36? The one I am looking for is for the 1/2 weight 6' rod. The original was done on a taper form with
3" centers not 5" centers. The original 3" is the one I am looking for.
Thanks in advance. Chris |
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Posts: 533 08/19/2008 09:00 |
The only one I am aware of is the 36L, reportedly a 1wt, taper recorded on 6" centers. It was posted a while back. Tim
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Posts: 20 08/19/2008 14:53 |
I appreciate you answering. I am not sure if it has a letter designation or not one source says yes and one says no. All I know is the taper I am looking
for is SMALL, I also know that all Leonard Rods were built on 3" centers. I am having a custom planing set made just for this rod. The surface grinding is
accurate to .0001 but I need to get the tapers so I can get the 60 angle cut just right, because I have several 1000 dollars in the grinding alone. I want
this rod to be an exact replica. I have an original now and it is AMAZING. It is so slow you can almost put a wind knot in the rod, and it will cast a 1 wt
line 60 feet easy.
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Posts: 260 08/22/2008 11:46 |
I'd take a set of calipers and measure your original..You will have to make some assumptions in regard to the varnish thickness, but you should end up with
something that is very close. Plus you can always build another. Cheers.
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Posts: 1189 09/26/2008 23:10 |
1weight:
I wonder if you could take three measurements of your original Baby Catskill. Could you measure the diameter of the slide of the male ferrule, the three flat to flat measurements over varnish at the tip immediately bellow the tiptop and also the total weight of the rod? There is significant variation in these in different "one ounce" Leonard Baby Catskills. This will decide what you have in your original.
Maker of light line nodeless bamboo fly rods
avardanis@sympatico.ca |
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oldfishbrain |
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Posts: 1190 01/09/1977 16:22 |
Here is the taper byrdog is talking about:
36L Taper 6' rod for 1 weight line 0" = .054, 6" = .064, 12" = .080, 18" = .094, 24" = .108, 30" = .120, 36" = .130, 42" = .152, 48" = .172, 54" = .190, 60" = .206, 66" = .276, 72" = .276
Maker of light line nodeless bamboo fly rods
avardanis@sympatico.ca
Last Edited By: oldfishbrain 09/27/2008 13:18.
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FlyDoctor |
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Posts: 525 09/28/2008 10:19 |
Were these taken over varnish and if so how thick was it? Thanks--Larry
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Posts: 1193 09/28/2008 21:53 |
FlyDoctor:
It is my understanding that these measurements were taken by Carlos Santos and have already been corrected for varnish.
Maker of light line nodeless bamboo fly rods
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