Harvesting bamboo for rod project

feeds@yuku.com (fango) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:02:21 GMT

Last week, I and a few fly buddies went looking for bamboo.. and some gone fly fishing...

7'9" Light Wet fly Taper

feeds@yuku.com (bubba01) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:10 GMT

I have been fooling around with Churchwardens request for a 7ft, 9in, 4wt, wet fly action. Here is something I came up with. It's a deriviation of an F.E. Thomas design. What do you guys think ? The flies that will be used are small, for example a wooly bugger would be tied as a #14 etc.

00 - .059 45 - .183
05 - .071 50 - .196
10 - .098...

1910 Boy Scout Merit Badge

feeds@yuku.com (troutwings) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:55:33 GMT

Ok Guys...I'd like your thoughts...I received the email below. The question is how would a 13 year-old Boy Scout have built those two rods in 1910. Doesn't say bamboo so could probably be wood. I'd guess splice joints. Shooting board? Whittle a piece of ash? Any historians please jump in here..

Hello Dennis, I thought I would send this to you before I call.

I have been asked to set...

Wisdom, advice, counsel, and so forth

feeds@yuku.com (Churchwarden) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:12:42 GMT

Ok, gentlemen, here is my question: I want a 7'9" 4-weight designed primarily for wet fly fishing with a sink-tip line. I'm wondering what taper(s) would best satisfy that requirement. After work, on Thursday, I'm paying a visit-with deposit in hand-to a surly, psychotic, and disreputable rod maker (otherwise known as Bill Carter) to discuss the details. Just kidding about Bill, of course. He is a good friend and a fine rod maker, and I'm truly looking forward to owning a...

Anybody cast a ST-4 at '08 SRG?

feeds@yuku.com (flyman) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:49:58 GMT

I started out with a Sir-D taper... didn't really like it that much. David Bowlin had me over and let me cast some of his test rods. I really liked the ST-4 taper and have made several permutations from it. I think that the ST-4 was one of the ones that he had with him at '08 SRG. I'm hoping that one of you more advanced makers has cast that taper and hopefully can point me towards classic tapers that have a similar feel. I'm doing a blank swap in the spring and though I'd...

How much over hang?

feeds@yuku.com (flyman) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:59:56 GMT

How much longer do yous guys cut your strips. Gould says in Constructing Cane Rods that you can get by with just an inch more than the section length. Maurer & Elser in fundamentals recommends 4 inches and Cattanach goes with a 2 to 5 range.

Larry Lohkamp

Another one

feeds@yuku.com (bbamboo) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:15:16 GMT

Just finished this one.
Its a 8ft fast action 5wt mortice butt section is burr oak

Bad Thread?

feeds@yuku.com (flyman) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:14:07 GMT

Seeing as how I sorta killed the old rod company thread, I'll start a new one.

I did the ferrule wrap on my latest self-ferruled rod this week. The wrap is 2 1/8 inches long. I used a fresh spool of YLI-100 #212 and treated it with a Waterlox-WAM sauce. It got mostly translucent. The middle of the flats had a whitish look. I could see no bubbles under magnification. It looked like there was no contact with the cane underneath. I stripped the wrap off and there was plenty of...

Rattan Grip

feeds@yuku.com (rocky mountains) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:06:43 GMT

Has anybody used rattan for grip, that could give some suggestion or tips? Using 2.50mm from golden witch over cork.

Finishing wraps

feeds@yuku.com (rocky mountains) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:33:38 GMT

Was looking for a little help finishing a bamboo blank, first attempt at bamboo. Just received a spar var blank, looking for transparent wraps. I was going to use Flex Coat Lite mix with some Acetone 1:1 ratio to finish the wraps, 6-8 thin coats on silk wraps. I am planning on not dipping the rod in a tube if its possible. Any thoughts or tips would be great.

Bamboo Bikes...

feeds@yuku.com (splitcane) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:29:11 GMT

Well we have "Collecting Bamboo" and "Fishing Bamboo" forums, guess we'll have to start a "Riding Bamboo" forum...

All kidding a side, these are Kool...

Here are a couple of links with more info...

HELP! Restoring a A&F Yellowstone Special

feeds@yuku.com (Mike Peck) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:26:04 GMT

Hey guys I need your help here.

As much as I try to stay away from doing restoration work, there are (as most of you know) a few times where you feel somewhat obligated...
Anyways I need some description or better yet some info/photos for a Abercrombie & Fitch, Yellowstone Special, 3pc 9ft.
This rod was used and abused hard! What I have to work with is pretty much a good ferruled blank with one or two guides left, I can see faintly what was probably once intermediate...

Bamboo off the bench

feeds@yuku.com (bbamboo) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:51:42 GMT

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Titanium Step Down Ferrule

feeds@yuku.com (bubba01) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:02:23 GMT

Had some medical grade titanium, ELI, and thought I'd make a set of ferrules. When I finished the female, I deceided to try and color the metal using Birch-Wood Casey Brass Black. As you can see, it only worked near the welt. The rest of the shaft discoloration is a result of useing heat. Color was uneven and far to blue. Should have just had it coated but I got it into my head that I could color it. Result, was I ruined it. Haha, some people learn harder than others.

Billy

Dare I take a knife to her?

feeds@yuku.com (flyman) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:41:30 GMT

I've been wanting to do a bamboo ferrule for a while. Well I just finished the first try and it fishes and catches just fine. Looks leave something to be desired though. I double wrapped the ferrule with YLI natural, treating each layer with thinned Flexcoat. The result was a decent translucent wrap. then I just had to be fancy and add a decoration. It's a half inch of #241, followed by a half inch of white, then finished with a half inch of #241 again. I put the white in the middle...

How close is close enough?

feeds@yuku.com (flyman) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:21:22 GMT

Harry Boyd wrote an article on planing angles where he says that "149-150-151" is a very good strip. If the target is 150, then that would be 1, and if the target were 151 it would be +0 -2. If all 3 measurements were the same, then by definition we would have all 60 degree angles. A "149-150-151" strip does not have 3 60 degree corners. What do you high end makers consider close enough for angle, and how close do you expect to get to the target depth. Would I be correct...

Total Novice In Restoring

feeds@yuku.com (treefish) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:56:57 GMT

I just inherited my wife's grandfather's bamboo fly rod, and am starting to restore it. (Its my first bamboo rod.) By family history, he bought it shortly after WWII. The label has worn off to the point that I can't tell which make it is. It was given to me with an H-1 Utica, N.Y. Steel Reel (spring action), but I think that may have come later. Its 9 foot, three peice, with a spare tip.

It seems to be in remarkably good shape, though dirty; varnish intact with no...

Thread tension

feeds@yuku.com (raywright) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:08:08 GMT

Still in search of the close to perfect wrap. I built a thread tensioning device today to hold four spools of thread and have them all handy at once. This means that my copy of "Great Airplanes of World War II" can come back into the house. (Page 353 has been where I have pulled the thread through up to this point. ) I have read a lot of posts about tension but I don't think I have ever seen a number attached to it. Have any of you measured the tension of your wrapping...

What's Up with SnakeBrand...?

feeds@yuku.com (splitcane) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:06:11 GMT

Heard at the CCC that Strubble purchased the agate stripper side of the business from Mike & Sue...

Anyone knows whats going on and/or have tried the new agates...?

Rethinking the rod shop

feeds@yuku.com (raywright) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:05:44 GMT

I am truly blessed with a great space to build rods, a two room adobe storage building with a 15x24 addition, for a total of 3 rooms. The old part has no windows, but a ceiling height of up to 9', and the new part has great windows and natural light. For the past year and a half I have been manic about building rods, but, hey it's fishing season and I decided to rethink the space and see if I couldn't improve the way it works for me for next winter. I have a 2' x 8' high...

Building / Restoring Bamboo Fly Rods