Rod making

Each rod takes approximately fifty hours to make. The bamboo culm is split into strips which are in turn staggered to offset the nodes. After being cut to length, the strips are planed to introduce an un-tapered equilateral triangle and then heat treated. Final planing introduces the taper which requires settings that are determined in thousandths of an inch. Once the planing is completed the strips are glued together to form the blank. Sanding, wrapping guides, varnishing as well as grip shaping and attaching a reel seat, complete the rod.