Sorting Whip
The advent of fiberglass shaft brought anew dimension for the fisherman and the cowboy. Both could not believe flexibility and strength of the tapered shaft. No one really knows who was the first to braid an overlay on the shaft to form a useful whip. Most of the first to be braided were a four braid, which were virtually impossible to keep the shaft from coming out of the overlay. There is no fool proof way to keep the shaft from coming through the overlay, I have found that if the shaft is covered with a light leather lining, from the butt of the whip to about two inches past the apex or tip, the shaft is stabilized and doesn't protrude through the overlay. I use an eight- braid overlay which is a tighter and more flexible braid than the four braid to further stabilize the fiberglass shaft. Both the leather lining and the eight braid overlay requires time and material, which drives up the cost of the whip, but most of my clientele thinks that it is worth while. This whip is used by the older hands because it is lighter and requires less energy to pop
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