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Bill O.

Thank you Fly Goddess. I'm a bit older than I look, and I FEEL much older still!

82' is a heck of a cast with any rod, well done. The tape measure NEVER tries to make us feel better, but always...

Just found out that I'm in the middle of some online controversy!:lol: Relax everybody, the guy abusing his poor Oyster rod and beat up old Peerless reel is the same guy who made the thing! I made...

There are many different faces of Atlanta. The north side is where you want to be, with things deteriorating the further south you go. Alpharetta is well north of the Atlanta that many have...

Thanks Fly Goddess, hope you make it down for a class sometime.

I make some nice rods, but I'm afraid Glenn has me hands down in the fashion department!:shock:

Bill O.



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The first bamboo rod I ever fished was also the first bamboo rod I ever made. From that day on, I never trout fished with anything but bamboo. I still enjoy throwing a graphite cannon in the...

Just to expand on the idea of a fast taper a little bit...
How a cane rod bends is determined by the width of the rod at any given point along its length. A "taper" is just a set of numbers (a fly...

Oops, didn't mean to step on a sponsors toes. I thought that the post by Rocketfish...



was meant to imply that he wasn't interested in Chinese made rods, so I disregarded that option. You...

Hello Rocketfish,

Sorry for the late reply. On another site I started a thread dealing with this very topic. In the price range you are describing, there is no doubt that the best way to go is...

Hey Jeremy and Betty, just how far away are you? I just had a guy in from England and another is coming from Scotland this month. Last class I had one from North Carolina, one from Idaho, one from...

Since you asked, here you go...

http://www.oysterbamboo.com/bamboo-fly-rods-classes.html

I'll be unleashing fourty new bamboo rod makers this year alone. All ten of my 2008 dates are full but...

Make sure that when you put it back on that you remember to cut some air grooves to allow the excess epoxy and trapped air to escape. It sounds like that might be the original problem that prevented...

Aside from depth, you'll also want to consider current. I've fished intermediate lines in 12 feet of water and 350 grain sinkers in 5 ft with heavy currents. With your 8wt you could use a 300 grain...

Gary,

Most bamboo rod makers turn the cork grips from rings clamped directly onto the butt section of the rod. Making a cane rod is such an involved process that grip turning is, by far, one of...

Glad you are enjoying the pics everybody.

Ned, yes I do all of the engraving by hand. I do my best NOT to figure the hours I put into these rods, it would probably be a little bit depressing!
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A good slide band fit should be tight enough for confident fishing. A problem sometimes encounted is that if the angle of the reel foot is too steep, or the rings untapered, it may not be gradual...

Thanks for all of the nice words everyone. It was really a fun rod to create, and one I wish I could keep for myself too!

Jeff, yes I do all of the hand engraving myself. The leaping brown trout...

Finally figured out how to post a pic in a thread (welcome to the 21st century me!), so thought you might enjoy some pics of my most recent project.

Bill O.

www.oysterbamboo.com

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ray, thanks for passing this on.

Yeah, Yogi tends to steal the show wherever we go. Usually he tries to bite at the fish and try to lick them through the net. He wasn't sure if he wanted to mess...

-A fish caught on a dry-fly is six inches longer than one caught on a nymph.
-Nymph fishing is not for me, unless they're not eating dries and I actually would like to catch a fish.
-A wild fish is...

Janus,

The pickup, like the forward and back stroke, should begin slowly and accelerate to a snap. It's the ACCELERATION that flexes the rod to its peak just as your stroke reaches its end. It's...

Jim,

Great job. Much nicer than my first rod! You should be very proud.

Bill O.

kayakfish,

You want to be absolutely sure that this rod is NOT impregnated before you varnish it. They began impregnating in 1942 and you can see an awful lot of Orvis cane rods before you ever...

All the answers you could hope for can be found at NGTO (North Georgia Trout Online)

http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngto/

Just click on the "Message Board" option on the left and go to...

The section of the Taccoa is the tailwater near Blueridge. I had never fished it before for some reason. I guess I usually like the mountain streams, but it was really fantastic and the light...