I second the nomination for Wayne Cattanach fine book, simple easy to read with complete instructions.

The Garrison/Carmicheal book http://www.amazon.com/masters-guide-.../dp/0811703525 is an interesting read but so technical it frightened me off the bamboo for a few years, take it with a grain of salt.

A wealth of info for the home/hobby builder can be found here...
http://www.bamboorodmaking.com/
http://www.thomaspenrose.com/bamboo.htm

For my first cane rod I built a 2 strip quad (poor man's quad, PMQ) This is a rod made of 2 strips of cane that are hand planed to final shape, I choose this style since it only required a few hand tools that I already owned. The down side is that the rectagular cross section is a little harder to wrap and finish and the rod harder to straighten compared to a more traditional hex rod. However, I was able to plane the strips and glue up the blank in a single weekend using just a hand plane and a digital caliper. This little rod has since become my favorite small stream rod.
http://www.bamboorodmaking.com/html/2_strip_quads.html