With a little help from a guy named Jack Howell and his book The Lovely Reed, I present my first bamboo rod.
For the curios, this is an 8', 6wt split cane fly rod with a birch bark handle and a maple burl reel seat. It took me about 120 hours to make, and took countless hours of research. It was an amazing process. My hat is off to the guys that figured out how to do this, and then passed it on so that other could partake.
Thanks Jack.
Tyler
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Wow, that's a beautiful rod, Tyler. Congratulations!
I have a wonderful old split bamboo rod from my wife's Great Uncle Cliff. Unfortunately it's gotten brittle. It had both heavy and light tip sections, and I've broken the tip off both (snagged back casts At some point I'd love to repair them. The rod is very brittle now, but it would be great to be able to use it once in a while in memory of Uncle Cliff.
I have a wonderful old split bamboo rod from my wife's Great Uncle Cliff. Unfortunately it's gotten brittle. It had both heavy and light tip sections, and I've broken the tip off both (snagged back casts At some point I'd love to repair them. The rod is very brittle now, but it would be great to be able to use it once in a while in memory of Uncle Cliff.
Scott E. Thile
Collector, smoker, and aspiring pipemaker.
http://sethilepipes.com
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Collector, smoker, and aspiring pipemaker.
http://sethilepipes.com
Sysop: http://pipedia.org
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