Starting a New Rod

[6xAdams(Jones)]

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I didn't notice if you said before but where/how do you get the bamboo?
Thanks.

 

[JoeE]

I have one culm left from Charles Demerest (out of business), but i will have to order some culms in the near future and will get them from Anglers Bamboo Company.

 

[JoeE]

Just going to put in an hour or so tonight, working on the strip I need to catch up on. But looking through my components and the reel seat I wanted to put on this rod the bore might be a little tight so I have to order another reel seat. I have plenty of reel seat but I do like this Bellinger seat rosewood burl. I’ll have to see if Mike McFarland has any because he took over Bellinger (they retired).

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Just going to put in an hour or so tonight, working on the strip I need to catch up on. But looking through my components and the reel seat I wanted to put on this rod the bore might be a little tight so I have to order another reel seat. I have plenty of reel seat but I do like this Bellinger seat rosewood burl. I’ll have to see if Mike McFarland has any because he took over Bellinger (they retired).

I took a look at Bellinger's website, and they have a lot of cool stuff. One could really head down a deep rabbit hole with this activity. and that's before a project is even started.

 

[JoeE]

Not every rod I make has an 80 dollar reel seat and 25 dollar 4A cork grip! Most of the Rods I build, one piece cheap 25 dollars worth of components plus bamboo and 2 piece rods 100 dollars plus bamboo. But if you have deep pockets there are some super good looking and high quality components for sale.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Not every rod I make has an 80 dollar reel seat and 25 dollar 4A cork grip! Most of the Rods I build, one piece cheap 25 dollars worth of components plus bamboo and 2 piece rods 100 dollars plus bamboo. But if you have deep pockets there are some super good looking and high quality components for sale.

I had already made my way through the price differences in components a few months after I started making rods. The cool stuff I was talking about was all the tooling for splitting/cutting/scraping the bamboo. I'd never be able to hide that stuff from my Honey.