To schedule rod making instruction please email ron barch.
Making bamboo fly rods.
A bamboo fly rod is made of six strips of bamboo glued together to form hexagon photo below.
Making bamboo fly rods requires using cane of better than average quality and most bamboo fly rod makers use tonkin cane that is specially imported for that purpose.
Arrive with enthusiasm leave with your own hand crafted split bamboo rod.
I think that everyone would agree that we owe a debt to jerry foster who created the rodmakers site.
All classes are tailored to each individual and include instruction tools and materials.
Although each step is described a number of details are not fully covered.
The protruding rings that occur on bamboo are called nodes and require quite a bit of work to flatten out before the bamboo can be used to make a fly rod this image courtesy of andy royer.
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