Bamboo Rod Building Tips

Since bamboo is a natural fiber many anglers describe the feeling of gripping a bamboo fly rod as organic.

Bamboo rod building tips.

The first thing you have to decide is the size of your form. If you want to build one piece rods 8 or less make a 98 form. Frank neunemann taper archive. Bamboo is a natural material.

Fine craftsmanship indeed goes into building a bamboo rod but that doesn t mean they aren t great rods that should be added to your rotation. The only reason i noticed in the 4 tips was that i was building the same rod 4 times. Building a rod from a bamboo blank is no different than building one from graphite or fiberglass and requires no special tools or finishing techniques. The strips are triangular in cross section and since the rod tapers from handle to tip the triangular strips taper too the triangle is bigger at one end of the strip than the other.

Also one of the blanks was nodeless. In action you place the rod to the left i like to start tip of section first so that as the tension builds so does the mass of the rod to counteract twist set the wt on the left hand following friction bar wrap the belt and tie the thread around the section a la garrison and crank the right hand wheel clockwise. Per faq s some of the equipment that i use besides my own handcra. Woxnan series taper archive.

It could be bad cane but the same spot on 4 different blanks. I think that everyone would agree that we owe a debt to jerry foster who created the rodmakers site. View full product details. Here is a taper that was submitted to me by darrol groth for a leonard 48h.

The choice is yours. 62 length will allow you to build any two piece rod 10 or less. Frank stetzer s hexrod taper archive. We re sure you ll enjoy your stay.

The glues seem to holding except in certain areas. All of the rods were however built from scrap cane. Here are some of the top benefits of using a bamboo rod. Measured over varnish tip 3 4 down station.

A bamboo fly rod is made of six strips of bamboo glued together to form hexagon photo below. The last time i built this taper i had no issues. Subscribe and follow along as we highlight key steps in the bamboo rod building process. It s up to you.

Karstetter marty hollow built bamboo rod 8 3 2 2 4 5wt. Blanks are available in hexagonal and quadrate geometries in any taper or action that i have or i m always happy to use a taper you provide. Chattahooche rods taper archive.