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The beginnings of a bamboo fly rod
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<blockquote data-quote="woodyard" data-source="post: 5059937" data-attributes="member: 2777"><p>[ATTACH]69465[/ATTACH]</p><p>Got the glue off and sanded a little bit. The butt section with the char marks (nodes) was the first that I planed and decided I didn't like it. One of the tips had one piece that got flipped out of place in its order in the gluing and binding step and so I will make another one. You want the nodal areas to be on opposite flats of the finished rod. That tip and the first butt section will become an 8 ft boo boo rod. I bet it will still perform. Next steps are to fine sand some more, heat and straighten some, then get measured to length and cut. Then put ferrules on. Then continue on when other components arrive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodyard, post: 5059937, member: 2777"] [ATTACH]69465[/ATTACH] Got the glue off and sanded a little bit. The butt section with the char marks (nodes) was the first that I planed and decided I didn’t like it. One of the tips had one piece that got flipped out of place in its order in the gluing and binding step and so I will make another one. You want the nodal areas to be on opposite flats of the finished rod. That tip and the first butt section will become an 8 ft boo boo rod. I bet it will still perform. Next steps are to fine sand some more, heat and straighten some, then get measured to length and cut. Then put ferrules on. Then continue on when other components arrive. [/QUOTE]
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