I've always thought that 3 piece and 5 piece rods have better actions than 4 piece rods. I have an older friend; a very experienced fly fisherman, who for more than 50 years fished around the world with cane rods exclusively. As a nod to aging he recently started using graphte. His cane rods are all 3 piece. His opinion is that the bamboo action is smoother in a 3 piece model rather than a 2 piece. He believes it is the location of the ferrules that affects the actions. As for myself, I believe that this is also true with graphite and with the new glass rods we are seeing on the market recently.

just 2 mens opinions.

Bob