Lol Not hardly! I am just good at making a mess of a lot of things !
What wt fly line and length of fly rod you got?
The beginnings of a bamboo fly rod
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What wt fly line and length of fly rod you got?
Pretty sure it's a 6 wt.
Finally finished after 4 coats of polyurethane and sanding with the two rods. Still got to finish up the other tip blank. Probably get it in the next couple of days. Not as I would like them to be, but not bad for not doing any of it in 16 years or so. Had to get warmed up.
This is the process for rods made by hand. The guys that do them for money can usually turn out one in 40 hours, those that use machines such as bevelers, etc, maybe quicker.
Then I will be ready for a trip to try them out on a trout and give ruger one of them. See what he thinks of bamboo! Lol
Wow man those are awesome.
I am definitely not worthy of something like that.
I am definitely not worthy of something like that.
J.W.308
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They look great.
Smo
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Excellent Craftsmanship! Thanks for posting.
Awe, one of these days you will have to haul my old butt fishing when I get to where you're scared to ride with me and I don't know my butt from a hole in the ground. Lol
Forgot to get this part of it in earlier so I did it today as I was working on the second tip. Get the ferrules on with a lathe. Got the wraps on it done and now just got to get it in the polyurethane.
Oh by the way I was just throwing out a rabbit trail with"one for my granddaughter ". I wanted to get warmed up before I start her one. May give her that booboo rod to start with and she can learn
to cast it one day. She has a little while since she is less than a year old now. Lol
to cast it one day. She has a little while since she is less than a year old now. Lol
Finished, even made a rod bag for it.
Amazing.
J.W.308
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Man that rod looks good.
Very cool. So it has two top pieces of the rod? This was probably mentioned somewhere back in the thread but I forgot if so. I assume maybe two diff weights to choose from? I'm no fly rod fisherman although i did try it as a very young boy and enjoyed it greatly
Two tip sections usually made as identical as you can for you to be able to still fish when that day comes and you break one.
