Rod Building Hobby

[176champion]

4 hours ago, Gavin said:

Actually had the inspiration to clear off my workbench today. 40-60 more hours of work and I might have another one like this. Built it for my late friend Roy Cleveland a long time ago. Glad someone did not turn it into a tomatoe stake. Got it back from another friend (Joe Weber) who buys & sells this kinda stuff. Rarely do trim wraps, but this rod has a bunch. The thread is fine silk which goes translucent under varnish.

Bamboo pole?..i use to have a bamboo deep sea fishing pole that was stolen out of my garage when i was a kid.  I may have access to some real bamboo im sure if i ask the owner, would be neat to build one.

[Gavin]

Thanks, yes that is bamboo. Just a stick of grass made into a fishing pole. Takes a big 12' long  2-3" diameter piece to start, but you should get 2 rods out of that. Pieces get smaller as you go. Some specialty tooling is involved, but it gets shared by those who have it in the STL area. 

[176champion]

Got my second rod done all but the epoxy on threads 7 footer 4-8 pound test line 1/16 - 5/16 lure weight spinning MHX rod blank. The white rod, the orange one was first one i did.

 

[jdmidwest]

Nice work guys. I have a partly made bamboo that needs to be finished out I bought at yard sale. I have been wanting to build a few spin rods too. I spent some time back in the 90's learning the ropes but other hobbies took over spare time.