First time with bamboo

I know. It's not an heirloom. You can point out the glue lines and nodes and all that stuff that I have no clue about. The only real research I've done on the topic was the book by Gierach. And, well, even he claims not to be an expert. All I know is it won't hurt as badly when I inevitably shut this in a car door, or feed it to a ceiling fan. If you'd seen how I banged it around today, you'd understand.

Here she is. "Assembled" by yours truly. Bamboo.

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I fully learned the "allure" when this guy hit. Bent the rod almost in half! This was it for the day. And it took a lot of work to find it!

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Actually, this was my first catch. I can't explain it...

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Upping your freshwater mussels on split cane catch ratio to serve black crappie over mussels for a dining pleasure ! Is that as much of a Florida cracker secret as grunts & grits for breakfast? In all these years doubt I've fished any of the northern bamboo trout & bass rods a dozen times total in the largemouth bass lake across the street.

There is nothing like the feel of a bamboo rod. Fishing with a bamboo rod, compared to a modern rod, is much like the difference between flying an old biplane, vs a modern Cessna. The experience is completely different. There is a certain romance to fishing with bamboo. I still have my grandfathers/fathers bamboo rod, and fish with it from time to time. I am pretty sure it is over 100 years old. It has a lot of history in it.......

Bamboo has been fished for a long time. My oldest is from the 1940s and it casts just fine. I think I have four bamboo rods including one I need to finish building. I want to go fishing!