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Bamboo Fly Fishing Rods

Fishing  Tips  -  Bamboo  Fly  Fishing  Rodsclaim that the eight strip, being more nearly
a true cylinder, possesses better action but
Beyond a doubt the best fly fishing rodthis seems to be more theoretical than
material is good bamboo properly selected,practical, while the tiny tips of an eight
cured, split, glued, and correctlystrip rod are likely to be " soft" due to the
proportioned. It possesses strength combinedcomparative amount of glue necessary to hold
with lightness, resiliency, pliancy, powerthe pieces together. Eight strip rods cost
and balance in greater degree than eithermore than the six strip and if the angler
steel  or  solid  woods.wants a round bamboo fly fishing rod they are
preferable to the six strip planed down as
Formerly anglers and rod makers could drawplaning certainly must injure a rod. As a
fine distinctions between male and femalegeneral rule a well-made six strip rod leaves
Calcutta and Tonkin " canes," but underlittle  to  be  desired.
present conditions good Calcutta is very rare
and the word " Calcutta " is be¬comingSpecial  Feature  Bamboo  Fly  Fishing  Rods
merely a trade term. Good bamboo of all kinds
is more difficult to obtain and a good pieceA novelty in bamboo fly fishing rod making is
of Tonkin is better than an indifferent onewhat is known as the " double built " rods
of Calcutta. Male Calcutta, however, iswhich are made of two layers of split and
supposed to be superior to either the femaleglued bamboo, one within the other. They are
or Tonkin. The cheapest split cane is knownheavier and strong, and it is claimed, hold
as steel vine or African cane. It is lighttheir shape better, than ordinary rods and
colored and makes up into good, inexpensiveare popular for sea and salmon fishing but
bamboo  fly  fishing  rods.unnecessary, I believe, in single hand fly
rods. An English innovation is the steel
Six Strip and 8 Strip Bamboo Fly Fishing Rodscenter rod which consists of a fine piece of
well-tempered steel running as a core through
We assume that you know that bamboo is splitsections of regular split bamboo. The makers
and then glued together in order to utilizeclaim this construction gives a rod of
the hard outer enamel and reduce the diametersuperior casting power with only of an ounce
of the pieces. Some rods are made of bambooadded weight. Friends who possess rods of
split into six sections (hex¬agonal) andthis kind are enthusiastic admirers of this
some in eight (octagonal) but the six stripconstruction for heavy fishing.
construction is more often used. Some makers



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