Any BOO fans out there?
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Bambooflyguy
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Nothing that long....but 70+ bamboo Hotrodz of Burien! Bamboo is cool!
Nothing long enough to be considered switch or spey but plenty between 9' and 5'9" with two more in the making at 8'3".
I have a bunch of single handers between 7’6” and 9’, but no Spey rods.
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I almost picked up one when I was in Scotland. I do have an old Greenhart that was built in 1861.
I've been intrigued by the idea of two handed cane. If I'm going to spend a day on the river not catching anything, I might as well have the most fun possible. Curious, aside from Bob Clay's stuff, what else is out there as legit options? I know nothing about cane....
I fish a Sharpes 13' impregnated bamboo fly rod. I sometimes wish it were a foot or two longer but it weights 16 ounces and that's about the limit of what I want to wave around. I can understand why a lot of the modern bamboo spey rod makers like Bob Clay or James Reid are making hollow-built spey rods. Saves weight.
The Sharpes rod is spliced instead of ferruled which gives it a continuous action. Some of the rod makers say that you're asking for trouble if you put ferrules on a bamboo spey rod because the torque is too hard on the rod.
You need a tape that stretches a little for a spliced rod. Some people use hockey tape but it leaves a residue. Tom Bowden put me on to a source of electrical tape which is perfect. Holds the rod secure but flexes a little.
What lines are you fishing with your bamboo?
Are those dowels only for storage? Can you show the splices when they're put together?
The dowells are just to protect the tips during storage. You take them off before you tape. Here are some pics of the rod ends before and after taping. You start off with overlapping turns and then leave a slight gap between the turns in the middle of your splice and then end with overlapping turns.
The tape is amazingly strong and holds the rod well. There's much less strain on a spliced bamboo spey rod than a ferruled bamboo spey rod.
The tape is amazingly strong and holds the rod well. There's much less strain on a spliced bamboo spey rod than a ferruled bamboo spey rod.
I've got one of Reid"s 11'-9" 7wt "Summer run"
Thing is a fucking Skagit head cannon. The downside is that once assembled it is a one piece rod. Great for fishing, sucks for transport. Works well when floating tho cause you're there for all day.
Thing is a fucking Skagit head cannon. The downside is that once assembled it is a one piece rod. Great for fishing, sucks for transport. Works well when floating tho cause you're there for all day.
Agree. I fish my sharpes when I’m spending time on just one run or if i’m floating. Don’t have to worry about an impregnated rod in a boat. No varnish issues.
My Greenhart from the 1860s is a Sharpes and has same ferrules. I was told that back in the day they would wet leather and let it dry. But know back then the rods stayed there on site.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Dave, the lines I'm using are
12' 7/8 450 compact skandi and any Polly leader, mainly floating! makes me giggle!!!
Or a 425 zone FI with 12' T7 or T11, also stellar!
13' 8/9 right now the 510 compact skagit is the line that's s working the beat, still looking for the magic bullet. Tried some other lines but meh.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
I also had a 14' Riverwatch but sold it, was a tank of a rod and very powerful, but didn't like how the rod would rotate and buck like finding the spline on a blank doing any change of direction cast. Single Speys were great though, but didn't like holding the rod at the striper guide, even with a 4 1/4 reel.
Believe it or not I'm fishing a Gravity Point 9/10 spey and a Gravity Point 9/10/11 with my Sharpes. I like single and double spey casting with a long line and a 15' sinking head and no stripping. Purchased a Nextcast Winter Authority 70 9/10 but don't like it as much as the Gravity Point spey.