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Good solid start! Great to see you follow through on the challenge and thank you for keeping us informed. There will be good days and bad days ahead, but it only makes it sweeter when you stand...

Some reference books and web sites that I find useful...

http://www.amazon.com/masters-guide-building-bamboo-fly/dp/0811703525 Finding a copy of this in my local library is what got me...

I found another nice toutorial with pictures and detailed how to.....
http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15417

I say go for it. Just have some resonable expectations about your skills and accept that your first rod might have a few cosmetic blemishes as part of the 'learning curve'.
For your first rod you...