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.
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—
A Payne 98 is on my bucket list to have built. 
Me too:
8.5’ 2F Black Beauty
9’ 2F Black Beauty
I don’t have a photo of my 7.5’ 1 3/4 F #14
6’ - 2 weight Harry Boyd - Front Range streams. Sorry but you have to click on them to see a larger picture.
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.
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.
Ya’ll are killing me as i have had the Bamboo bug biting me lately. Got a jones for a Granger or an Orvis Battenkill. Love the vintage darker cane look. May have to sell some of my plastic rods!
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A 5 weight Payne 101 5’6" two tips
A Penn’s Creek seven foot four weight two piece two tip
A Battenkill seven foot four weight three piece two tip
NOTE: My Battenkill is not the Dark color.
Nice Goddess. Isn’t the 101 a 7’ 6" rod?
yes it is. Thanks for catching that.
Another Heddon…Model 14 Thorobred… 8’ 2F 3/2 the smoothest 5 1/2 line weight rod I have ever handled…SA GPX5 was made for this rod!
Paul young Martha Marie. best hex rod ever
Granger 8642
I’m half way through building a Young para 15 then it’s on to a Payne 98 or a short Granger taper.
Toss up between my Payne 98, and my 7’ 4wt Kusse quad.
I own the boo and I do love them, but I will admit, they don’t get wet too often. The H2 is that nice.
A Steve Pennington 7’ 4wt.
Bobby,
I’l try to put some pictures up later. I have an Orvis Battenkill 5 wt that was built in 1952 but I find myself going to a Bob Nunley 4 wt and an unknown 4 wt that is just a pleasure to cast when I’m throwing bamboo. But if truth be known, it’s hard to get away from my Winston WT 8.5’ 5 wt.
Best,
Steve
