| Fishing Tips - Bamboo Fly Fishing Rods | | | | practical, while the tiny tips of an eight |
| | | | strip rod are likely to be " soft" due to the |
| Beyond a doubt the best fly fishing rod | | | | comparative amount of glue necessary to hold |
| material is good bamboo properly selected, | | | | the pieces together. Eight strip rods cost |
| cured, split, glued, and correctly | | | | more than the six strip and if the angler |
| proportioned. It possesses strength combined | | | | wants a round bamboo fly fishing rod they are |
| with lightness, resiliency, pliancy, power | | | | preferable to the six strip planed down as |
| and balance in greater degree than either | | | | planing certainly must injure a rod. As a |
| steel or solid woods. | | | | general rule a well-made six strip rod leaves |
| | | | little to be desired. |
| Formerly anglers and rod makers could draw | | | | |
| fine distinctions between male and female | | | | Special Feature Bamboo Fly Fishing Rods |
| Calcutta and Tonkin " canes," but under | | | | |
| present conditions good Calcutta is very rare | | | | A novelty in bamboo fly fishing rod making is |
| and the word " Calcutta " is be¬coming | | | | what is known as the " double built " rods |
| merely a trade term. Good bamboo of all kinds | | | | which are made of two layers of split and |
| is more difficult to obtain and a good piece | | | | glued bamboo, one within the other. They are |
| of Tonkin is better than an indifferent one | | | | heavier and strong, and it is claimed, hold |
| of Calcutta. Male Calcutta, however, is | | | | their shape better, than ordinary rods and |
| supposed to be superior to either the female | | | | are popular for sea and salmon fishing but |
| or Tonkin. The cheapest split cane is known | | | | unnecessary, I believe, in single hand fly |
| as steel vine or African cane. It is light | | | | rods. An English innovation is the steel |
| colored and makes up into good, inexpensive | | | | center rod which consists of a fine piece of |
| bamboo fly fishing rods. | | | | well-tempered steel running as a core through |
| | | | sections of regular split bamboo. The makers |
| Six Strip and 8 Strip Bamboo Fly Fishing Rods | | | | claim this construction gives a rod of |
| | | | superior casting power with only of an ounce |
| We assume that you know that bamboo is split | | | | added weight. Friends who possess rods of |
| and then glued together in order to utilize | | | | this kind are enthusiastic admirers of this |
| the hard outer enamel and reduce the diameter | | | | construction for heavy fishing. |
| of the pieces. Some rods are made of bamboo | | | | |
| split into six sections (hex¬agonal) and | | | | An American maker supplies a rod of " twisted |
| some in eight (octagonal) but the six strip | | | | bam¬boo " which he claims equalizes the |
| construction is more often used. Some makers | | | | strain and pro¬duces better action. I have |
| claim that the eight strip, being more nearly | | | | never tried a rod of this type so am unable |
| a true cylinder, possesses better action but | | | | to pass on its merits, but Perry Frazer, in |
| this seems to be more theoretical than | | | | his " Amateur Rodmaking," speaks well of it. |