Quote Originally Posted by PAangler
Thanks everyone for the advise. I will slow down and enjoy the ride!
PA,
I'm fairly recent to bamboo's by 4-5 years so I'm going at this with minimal experience.

What I've found with rods such as yours is that the best you can do to help get the most out of a rod like this would be to try to stop the rod noticably higher on both forward and back casts. The limberness (if that's a word...) in the rod itself is what some really like and stopping it this way will help with your loops.

It's funny, this bamboo thing and for the serious, wonderful. They're all so different in so many ways. I'm a Sage guy, or I "was"...and I never thought I'd take to a bamboo.

I have been surprised!

Good luck with your rod. Don't hurry things, you may never really get a liking for it. If you do, great. If not, then you've been given a chance to try something your dad maybe liked or at least owned. There's a feeling there and an appreciation that only you will know.

If you decide to stick it in the closet, no sweat, at least you'll know you peeked into it's workings. Not every rod is for each of us.

Jeremy.