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I believe Dave LeClair posted a 1-weight taper, I forget if it as on the list or on the classic rod forum. (Henry Mitchell)

In case the taper was not posted or was lost in the spam, here is a 2 piece LeClair 1 weight taper. I made one.

LeClair, Dave 5012

0.05
0.06
0.067
0.08
0.087
0.098
0.11
0.118
0.13
0.146
0.182
0.24
0.24 (Paul Franklyn)

I would like to build a bamboo bluegill rod.  Normally I use a plastic one wt and would like to replace it.  However, exploring the taper libraries available on-line reveals a dearth of one wt tapers.  Anyone have one they'd like to share.  (Michael Johnson)

You might want to check out tapers by Digger DeGere. I know some of them are 2 wts and if I'm not mistaken he also had a 1 wt taper.  (Will Price)

There may have been a Digger one wt, but I believe it was a one piece rod, which I'm not interested in building at this time.  (Michael Johnson)

Simple fix. Make it as a 2 piece version. I don't think that there is a wealth of 1 wt tapers for bamboo.  (Will Price)

This is a seven foot, two-piece rod with tiny size 9/64 ferrules.  I have only cast it with a one weight line, and it's fairly nice if you like light line rods.  Others thought it might handle a two weight line, but I'm a little scared of that. You will notice the stations are off a little in places because I had to measure around guides. The rod came to me partially stripped of varnish.  What varnish remained was rather thin, so I have made my best estimate and these numbers are without varnish.  (I forgot to measure again before restoring the rod) 

Guides: 

5"
10 3/16"
15 13/16"
21 7/8"
28 5/16"
35 3/16"
one foot on female ferrule
51 1/2"
59 5/8" 

These are by far the smallest snake guides I have seen.  The stripper is about a 1/0 snake, the upper three must be 6/0 -- tough to get a one weight line through them. (Harry Boyd)