I found in my rod building days I had neither the skill or patients to do it right. I never built a rod without at least some mistakes. To the casual observer they may look fine but I KNOW whats wrong with it and that bothers me.
I can accept mistakes in factory rods but not my own. With this in mind I quit building rods.

I admire your determination and fortitude to attempt a bamboo rod. I'll leave that to Ron Kusse and John Channer. I'm more proud of their rods than I would ever be of one I made.