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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens
Making a bamboo fly rod? Rick, your knowledge never ceases to amaze me. Were you at Hausmann's in June, if so I missed you.
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HI, sorry I missed Hausmanns this year
and yes- i haven't finished one up in a while - and am a bit rusty at it
the one I was planing this week is for a very light 3 weight, it's the lightest one I have ever tried to do - the tip strips are .030 thick at the end, I hold my breath each pass of the plane towards the end - one strip split at a node and it was back to square one for that one. I am praying I can get the tip sections glued up without a twist
- not planning another that fine - but there is an orphaned old Hardy Lightweight 2 screw version on the shelf that needs a rod
there are strips for a 5 wt also roughed out, and a steelhead/light salmon to follow but I am not too quick at this.