Bamboo Fly Rod Building

Process of creating your very own custom bamboo fly rod.

Bamboo fly rod building.

We re sure you ll enjoy your stay. Our year round trout fishing. U40 s one rod kit is a great and economical way to get started. Make you forget your graphite.

Custom made for us. You are working with a finely tuned plane a. Now with fundamentals of building a bamboo fly rod it is possible to create your own heirloom quality bamboo fly rod. These images are short excerpts from the videos which accompany the e book my fly rod how to build a bamboo fly rod a practical guide.

Here tradition rules i am fine with it. Classic freestone taper based on the famous taper by jim payne. A smooth casting beautifully finished genuine hexagonal tonkin bamboo fly rod featuring genuine nickel silver ferrules fitted and ready to wrap. All that s needed is patience a steady hand and maurer and elser s clear detailed instructions.

Setting the planing forms. Impress your friends on the next fishing trip with a gorgeous flyrod you made yourself. 95 photos and illustrations. Building your first rod.

Each student works at their own solid maple workbench which is outfitted with an arsenal of the highest quality tools such as lie nielson planes and bellinger planing forms. Contains our favorite rod bond to glue your parts together and attach grip reel seat tip top and winding check to the blank. I think that everyone would agree that we owe a debt to jerry foster who created the rodmakers site. While bamboo enjoys newfound popularity the tools and supplies needed to craft it remain difficult to find.

In fact these are the very same tools and methods used to create every oyster bamboo rod. This stage begins with a piece of tonkin cane the only cane used in rod making because its. Ls series of rod finishes included in the kit amounts to the cutting edge advanced state of the art of rod finishes. A great option for building your first beautiful bamboo fly rod.