Nice, Mike. I cast a bamboo ferrule rod several years ago that my friend made (you know him) and it flexed differently than a metal ferrule rod. I liked it. I can't recall the name of the guy who popularized them, a rodmaker from south America. I'd love to see your completed rod.
It's an untested taper of mine, 8'4" 5wt two piece. It will be interesting if it works as I hope. I'll bring it to the fling unless it's a total flop LOL.
That would be fun, thank you. I haven't been to a bamboo casting affair over there since one of the first ones, maybe 15 years ago. Looking forward to it.
Yes, I did, Sshh!
It really helped to even out the flaming effect and calm down the bright spots at the nodes after working them flat. It also darkened the shafts a bit more than the flaming did without roasting them to a crisp. I really like how it works on the shafts and I think this will be a regular process in my rods from now on.Huh? I've got leather dye. So, do you wipe it on just before rubbing the Tru oil?
The name of the guy you're thinking of is Marcelo Calviello. He retired from rod making around 2010. Not sure of his current status. He lived in Brazil not far from Buenos Aries. He used local bamboo that grew in Brazil. Apparently at some point in the past this bamboo was imported from China. After generations of adaptation to the environment it flourished and became it's own sub species.
The only drawback of dyed bamboo is that it looks like dyed bamboo. YMMV.
Yey, that's him. I recall his posts and I didn't think it was that long since I saw him active, shows you how the aging process works. I believe R. Kope was in communication with him a bit before he built his first bamboo ferrule rod. Thanks.
I decided to do a quick test on a blond section of a cut off. Yup I'm not too impressed. I'm going to say the light brown is a nice topping for a flamed rod but for use on a blond rod you will need to experiment with different colors to see if it will work for you.
