The Making of a Split Cane Fly Rod

[stemacey1991]

hi mate you are meant to use a cool flame (redy orange) as i slowy lowers the woods muster to about 20 percent the hot flame will not do any good

[catchthree]

I picked up an Auckland cane fly rod 10ft 7# it has some age on it but it cast like a dream does enyone know its history

[johnny19az19]

im gunnna try making one soon to sell them around here

[simpsonfan01]

for the flaming part, im pretty sure it's just for color so you are not supposed to char it as seen in this video

[gmreevesrodco]

@simpsonfan01 The video may look like it is being charred but it is not. You can easily tell when you have gone too far as you can see the enamel ignite, turn silver, and flake off. This rod is really only flamed to a medium color.

[simpsonfan01]

@gmreevesrodco ok then, it just looks really dark in the video

[gmreevesrodco]

@simpsonfan01 yeah, it does look darker in the video than it actually is. At one point in the video, you can see what I mean as I pass over a node. You can see a little bit of flame and that is border line. You wouldn't want to be doing that all over the culm. Check out my latest video to see a real charring!

[surfflyfish4striper]

i'm in connecticut, and i can't find nobody to go to learn how to make bamboo flyrods.

do you know anyone in connecticut,Rhode island,Massachussets area?

i hope you can help.hopefully theres someone outthere whos willing to teach even if i have to pay.

[BIGOINK303]

does flaming alter the physical properties of the cane ?

[gmreevesrodco]

@BIGOINK303 The flaming process drives off excess moisture and also adds color to the cane. Depending on how heavily the cane is flamed, determines the color.

[antonloch]

love your videos,,,,, when are the other videos coming???

[Gobbeldigook]

Why do you flame the bamboo?

I'm interested in getting started with this, but I can't figure out why this is done...

[shakeyfly]

To change the color of the rod.

[JUSTTHEBEST12]

ic made a flu rod just like your doing in this video and wat i did is toast the bamboo first then spit it and then sanded down the dames and then just continued from there