6', 2pc Bamboo

[kbproctor]

This is a sweet little rod I built from a mismatched tip and mid section of who knows what tapers. The reel seat is an American Tackle DL5 with an Oak Burl insert. The grip was made from some much less than perfect cork wrapped with rattan. I used thread and epoxy to smooth the transition from grip to blank. A former local rod builder gave me a bunch of stuff that included the stripper. I had a set of nickel plated ferrules that had been left in the cleaning solution too long but fit both sections perfectly and were nice and tight so I just wrapped them to hide how I had screwed them up. The guides are wrapped with garnet tipped with black. Everything finished in polyurethane.

It casts really nice.

[Betty Hiner]

Very kewl!!!!

[texfly]

Looks great to me Kevin. What weight does it cast?

[kbproctor]

Looks great to me Kevin. What weight does it cast?

It's a 3w. I even have a new reel for it.

[Fly Goddess]

Miss matched pieces?????? So you threw the idea of an actual taper out the window, right?

[Eric-WD]

He recycled sections of two different rods to make up one rod. I have sections of four rods ready to do this with if I ever get the time/guts/money/space to attempt them.

Miss matched pieces?????? So you threw the idea of an actual taper out the window, right?

[Fly Goddess]

He recycled sections of two different rods to make up one rod. I have sections of four rods ready to do this with if I ever get the time/guts/money/space to attempt them.

Again, no taper? A car antenna can cast, but it doesn't do it like a tapered rod. I don't get it, but to each their own.

[Uncle Jesse]

What is the angle of taper on a fly rod, 2, 3, 4 degrees? The taper will likely be withing a few minutes of each other although the two pieces originally came from two different pieces of stiff grass. The fact the two section originally were not part of the same stalk of bamboo does not automatically mean the rod will not cast like a dream. I think our friend in Colorado has put together enough rods to do a little preliminary testing and flexing before investing the energy, time and expense of adding seats, grip and hardware to the rod.

[texfly]

I think its a matter of matching the correct two sections to make a rod that cast well. No an easy thing to do in my book. Kevin puts a little more research into a build than he lets on. Great job as always Kevin.

[bobbyg]

I don't get it either. It may be an ok rod but this particular assembled taper has to be, shall we say, a lucky mismatch of disparate tapers.

Bamboo rods are dependent on the whole rod being built to a working taper, as I believe Fly Goddess is speaking to?

If it casts and fishes well, that's great. I'm just amazed that it does so, especially as a 3 weight.