Dave, The machine is fully functional now. Been cutting some very nice strips. I'll be taking the first rod made from the machine fishing this weekend. I've only been lawn casting it, but it came out beautiful.
Some of the older cane rods can be bought reasonably inexpensively. There are some bargains out there. Mark On 5/23/2012 12:05 PM, Dave wrote: > I don't think that "economical and bamboo" go together in the fly > fishing world. > Mark, on this list, has a bamboo rod making machine setup. I'm not > sure if it fully functional yet though. > I think you are talking hundreds of $ to get started. Some/many are > in excess of $1000. > Fly fishing is a great sport. > > Dave > > > On 5/23/2012 8:57 AM, John Thornton wrote: > >> Totally Off Topic >> >> I have a retired buddy on a fixed income that loves to fly fish, in fact >> that is the only way he fishes. He has a couple of wally world fly rods >> that he uses and has expressed a desire to get a split bamboo rod. All I >> know about fly fishing fits on a pin head... I do know more now than >> before as he has shown me how to rig the lines on one. All I know is his >> cheapo rods are 5/6 what ever that means. >> >> Where would one look to find an economical split bamboo rod for him? >> >> Thanks >> John >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
