Bambooflyguy
Legend
Didn’t you see the above picture? No AI here….barely human intelligence! It’s a chunk of cedar…..getting some black wood stain soon!
New black ugly stick!
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wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Didn't know there was any color of bamboo other than green.
You're going to color the grip? I think that contrast in the picture looks pretty good.
My understanding is you're not going to split and shave it to make an old school rod, but just going to clean it up and add the real seat and guides, right ?
Shame we can't find Blackthorne that easily for traditional walking sticks.
You're going to color the grip? I think that contrast in the picture looks pretty good.
My understanding is you're not going to split and shave it to make an old school rod, but just going to clean it up and add the real seat and guides, right ?
Shame we can't find Blackthorne that easily for traditional walking sticks.
I want a blackthorn walking stick so much.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
You wouldn’t believe how many different types of bamboo there are. I have several other “black” bamboo ugly stick rods that aren’t as black as this species…..
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Bambooflyguy
Legend
Still planning on staining the grip black. Correct on fishing it the way it is, adding guides, grip and reelseat. I have a bunch of others dating back 4-6 years, they surprisingly didn’t get brittle with age. I fished one today and C&R’d several 15”-17” feisty rainbows! This rod I even scarfed a different tip section on…. I never heard of Blackthorn, where does it grow? Is it a deciduous hardwood? I make different kinds of reelseats with all kinds of woods. I’m a retired carpenter/woodworker with sawdust flowing in my veins!
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wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
BigSplashTom
Steelhead
So, do I get to see you fishing it next week with the Saint George Junior?
That grip will look most excellent stained in black.
You just keep pushing bamboo rod building boundaries.
Pretty damn awesome Steve
That grip will look most excellent stained in black.
You just keep pushing bamboo rod building boundaries.
Pretty damn awesome Steve
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Thanks Tom! I’ve got some other small black vintage reels to keep the stealth look 
! We’ll see which ones get to play…..
! We’ll see which ones get to play…..
Bambooflyguy
Legend
First couple of coats of black wood stain, the grain shows thru and looks pretty cool! It will only look great once…..after fishing with it, it will like cool and used!
I got black bamboo in my garden. It starts off green year one, turns brown year 1.5 and depending on the exposure will go black after that. As it gets to year 4-ish it starts to turn gray as the 'boo dies. If you cut it when it's black it slowly goes back to a deep brown and then gray on a similar schedule, without a neat wearing pattern, it's kind of heterogenous in its color change. It's pretty solid and springy for a year or two but then gets fragile for a heavy load- if you store it outside and in the weather. I imagine you could probably keep it black with little sun and some stain to help... It does look cool when it is doing well.
One dude came by my house and wanted to cut a little to start his own. I am pretty certain it's not my yard you got that stick from.
You gotta watch it though, it wants to spread.... of my bamboo this is the only one that has tried to legit spread, probably because it's the only one I water in summer. It sends aggressive roots out under our brick parking space, so every year I have to pry up a bunch of bricks and get the axe out and some new sand and keep the f*&*-er in check.
The other culms are easy to keep in line with no summer watering, no mulch and a bit of spade work.
One dude came by my house and wanted to cut a little to start his own. I am pretty certain it's not my yard you got that stick from.
You gotta watch it though, it wants to spread.... of my bamboo this is the only one that has tried to legit spread, probably because it's the only one I water in summer. It sends aggressive roots out under our brick parking space, so every year I have to pry up a bunch of bricks and get the axe out and some new sand and keep the f*&*-er in check.
The other culms are easy to keep in line with no summer watering, no mulch and a bit of spade work.
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Bambooflyguy
Legend
Thanks for the info! Your bamboo is safe from me, I live a ways south of you! One of several coats of dark wood wax applied……
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BigSplashTom
Steelhead
Geez, don't give Steve your address.
I could see him repelling out of a helicopter in the middle of the night with pruners in hand.
You would wake up with only a few bamboo nubs sticking up.
I could see him repelling out of a helicopter in the middle of the night with pruners in hand.
You would wake up with only a few bamboo nubs sticking up.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Now who doesn’t agree that this looks sexy!!
BigSplashTom
Steelhead
Good looking grip. Sexy? ummmm...
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
I think it would look better in dark green
On the other hand, say I have a really nice stick, straight, colored up deep and dark, how much would you want for turning it into an object of fishable beauty?
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Got a picture of it? We can talk……
Bambooflyguy
Legend
I finally received the black framed green agate stripper today….wet cold weather coming, better rod building weather for my old bones!
