What's your current favorite bamboo rod
I fish bamboo about 90% of the time and was curious about others who might and what rods they like and use.
Smaller streams....my Heddon 7 1/2' 3/2 Black Beauty....
Larger water.....My Heddon 8 1/2' 1 3/4F 3/2 Bill Stanley's Favorite...
Needless to say I'm a big fan of Heddon tapers.
These could change at any time!!
Please post with a picture, if possible.
Last edited by bobbyg; 02-01-2013 at 02:58 PM.
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
Payne 100, 7'6", 2 pc 4 wt for eastern streams
Orvis Battenkill 8/2 made in '54. I fish it with a silk HDH.
I have a couple Steve Pennington rods, a 7 foot and an 8 foot. Very nicely built.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Me too:Originally Posted by bobbyg
8.5' 2F Black Beauty
9' 2F Black Beauty
I don't have a photo of my 7.5' 1 3/4 F #14
Bob
6' - 2 weight Harry Boyd - Front Range streams. Sorry but you have to click on them to see a larger picture.
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Last edited by flyfysher; 02-02-2013 at 06:15 AM.
I only have two. One is my father-in-law's uncle's 9' William Mills Standard (which was Mills's house brand, built by Leonard) from the 1920's that I had restored a few years ago. It's beautiful, with full intermediate wraps, but the bamboo is fairly worn out so it doesn't cast very well any more. The other is a 7' Orvis Battenkill from 1961, and it is a fantastic small-stream and dry-fly rod when matched with a with a DT4. Right now I've got a Cortland Sylk line on it (because I don't want all the fuss of caring for a real silk line).
7' 9", 2pc 5 weight Extreme Super Hollow for bluegills and trout
For steelhead and salmon
9' 2pc 9 weight Extreme Super Hollow Total weight ready to put a reel on it is 6 oz.
12' 3pc 8/9 Super Hollow spey rod
10' 6", 2pc 8/9 weight hollow switch rod
All are of my own design. The Extreme Super Hollow rods are in a class of their own in the bamboo rod world.
Last edited by fishbum; 02-04-2013 at 12:58 PM.
I only have one, so by definition it would be my favorite. However, I can't imagine having a better rod for the fishing I do. My rod is a David Norling hollowbuilt 8' 5wt, built for me with wood I provided for the reel seat.
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