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wayneb, Howdy;

I agree with Ruard, make lots of pictures while you are making the new rod!!!!!

hank

Hi Hank & Ruard;

Will do!

Wayneb

wayneb, Howdy;

Thanks bud... lookin' forward to seeing them.

hank

hankaye wrote:wayneb, Howdy;

Thanks bud... lookin' forward to seeing them.

hank

also!!!!!!


greeting

Hi Wayne;

I have several bamboo rods but have not successfully built one myself. I recently acquired a Cliff Constable " Nether Wallop" 7' 6" which has a staggered ferrule format that I am keen to try out.

Neville (Nev) Gosling

Hey Neville. Welcome.





Vicki

Hi Neville;

I see you made it, welcome!

Wayneb

wayneb,

I'm sure you have settled on a long bamboo rod taper by now. Many people have been discouraged by casting 9' or longer cane rods designed for bass bugging; I don't blame them. However, I have had quite a few 9'-10' rods in 3wt-6wt that were a joy to cast. As you mentioned, sufficient weight in the reel is imperative.

A cane rodmaker friend who swore he would never make anything longer than 7', broke down after trying my 9' 3wt Varney at Grayling one year. Just a delightful dry fly rod. I have a 9'6" 4wt no-name that I hope to put new snakes on - it is perfect in the hand as a wetfly rod. For years I cast a 10' Chubb 6wt - I could cast it all day. I think many of the tapers for these are on hexrod. The 10' was called Dr. Bob's Dream Machine, IIRC.

A nice deep flexing cane rod was the favorite of A.J. McClane for wet fly fishing. I wrote an article for a ff mag just on cane wet fly rods that might provide some hints. PM me if you want to see a summary of it. "Long lift" is just one of the advantages a slow wetfly rod has over stiffer rods when fishing wets. Mass in the tip is obviously another.

Good luck with your rodmaking.

Regards,
Reed

Hi Reed;

I just noticed your post and am contemplating my next rod plus aquiring all the tools. My next rod will be an attempt at the 8'6", 3pc, Payne Canadian canoe taper, a 7wt for bass. This will be quickly followed(or probably simultaneously) by an 8'6", 3pc, Leonard 50 1/2, 5wt that will be my first rod specifically for swinging wets.

I'd never seen or heard of any really long tapers for swinging wets, I will have to investigate those you listed further. It would be really cool to have a 10 foot plus bamboo rod for wets that was stilll light enough to use for an extended casting session. Definetly something for future builds.

Wayneb

wayneb,

Here is the taper for the 10' 6wt, which we originally thought was a Nichols. This is a very slow rod but it will pick up and shoot a lot of line with minimal backcasts. Of course, it requires intermediates. Being built pre-1900, it is of Calcutta cane, so using Tonkin cane will make it stiffer. You can use intermediates to change the casting action per St. John.

http://www.hexrod.net/Tapers/drtapers/N ... 120_6.html

Regards,
Reed