Year: 1888

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to that class of fishing-rods which are made from thin tubes
of metal, and particularly to those rods of this class which are called "Fly-rods."
These rods are very slim, and require to be enlarged at the butt end to form a handle,
so as to be conveniently grasped by the hand, the metal of the rod itself not being of
sufficient size for this purpose.
The object of my invention is to apply the enlargement necessary for the handle
to the butt end of the metal tube, and to interlock the metal with the handle so as to
prevent possible detachment, and it consists in a wood, or other suitable non-metallic
handle, having an opening longitudinally through it corresponding to the butt end
of the metal tube to which it is to be attached, and so that the metal tube may be
introduced into the wood or non-metallic handle until its butt end is enclosed, and
then the edge at the butt end of the tube forced outward into, and so as to engage
with the handle, and so as to interlock the handle with the metal tube, as more fully
hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a side view of a portion of the butt section of a rod with the
handle attached.
Figure 2 represents a longitudinal central section of the same.
Figure 3 represents the end portion of the butt section as prepared to receive the
handle.
Figure 4 the bandle detached.
Figure 5 represents the operation of interlocking the section and handle.
A represents the butt section of the metal tubular rod, B the handle which is
secured thereto. The butt end of the metal tube is best made, as seen in Figure 3,

page_text: that is, with a series of notches cut into the metal, so as to form a series of teeth or
spurs around the end of the butt end.
Usually the sections of the rod are slightly tapered from the butt toward the tip.
The handle is best made from wood, as seen in Figure 4, and is of tubular shape,
its interior corresponding to the butt end portion of the butt section A, and so that
the section A may be introduced through the butt end of the handle portion, and
forced through until the butt end of the section A is brought entirely within the
handle, as seen in Figure 2.
The handle is best made with an enlargement, as shown, and as usual in fly-rods,
io give the requisite size and shape for the hand to firmly grasp the rod.
The section A, Figure 3 is forced into and so far through the handle, Figure 4,
as to bring the butt end of the section A. within the handle portion, as seen in
Figure 5 then an instrument is introduced from the butt end of the handle portion,
as represented in figure 5, the head a of the instrument preferably of conical shape,
its maximum diameter larger than the internal diameter of the butt end of the
section A, say of the same diameter as the interior of the handle portion, where
the butt end of the section A stands. This instrument is forced into the butt end of the
.section A, which causes the spurs on the end of the section A to turn outward into the
body of the handle, as seen in Figure 2, and so as to interlock therewith, thus firmly
uniting the metal section with the non-metallic handle.
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After this engagement of the handle portion and the butt section has been made,
the instrument is removed, and the rod is left tubular throughout.
The notching of the end of the section A to produce the engagement of the handle
therewith, is not necessary, as the instrument introduced as described will expand the
end of the section A to such an extent as to turn its edge into the non-metallic
handle, whether it be toothed or not, I however prefer the teeth or spurs, because
they require less force to make the engagement of the handle with the butt
section..
I have described the invention as applicable to what are commonly called
Fly-rods, but it will be understood that the handle may be applied in the same
manner to the rods whether they be fly-rods or stiff-rods, and by applying the handle
to the stiff rod it may be made of smaller diameter, and proportionately lighter than
would be convenient without such enlarged handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
The herein described improvements in tubular metal fishing-rods, consisting in a
tubular non-metallic handle, set upon the butt end of the metallic butt section, and
so as to bring the butt end of the said butt section within the non-metallic handle,
and the edge of the said butt end of the non-metallic section expanded and turned
outward into the body of the non-metallic handle, whereby the said handle is
interlocked with the butt section, substantially as described.
Datod this 20th day of October 1888
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.