My first two BAMBOO rebuild was with a "V" notched cardboard box as the wrapper, phone books as tension, and a tea cup to hold thread. Simplicity!
Save your $$$ for the rod components. If you "diggit", slowly purchase what you think you need from the experience of the first rod. My first upgrade was to a coffee mug , seriously.
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"I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do; I envy nobody but him, and him only that catches more fish than I do." Izaak Walton
God Bless and Tight Lines ----*<(((>< ~ ~ ~