Wellcome back Tony, Pete and others, pls. keep this topic ON LIST, this is definitively more ff retated than a lot of other stuff which today fills the list. I like to build rods by myself, and I am interesting in every aspect of this topic. Rene
Anthony Spezio schrieb: > Pete, > I just got home about an hour ago, from driving back from > N.J. ,am too tired to write much now. I have made 79 > Bamboo rods, Made four sets of metal forms. I was at a > three day Bamboo rod Gathering this past weekend at the > Catskill Fly Fishing Center in Livingston Manor N.Y. I > have written a number of articles on the subject for > Powerfibers including a two part article on making metal > forms. > Will get back to you tomorrow. > Tony > > Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of bamboo rods, I hope that this isn't THAT far > off topic... > I want to try my hand at building a 7'9" 3wt > (traditional hex, etc etc). Two questions are: How does > one create a tapered planing form, and second, does > anyone have a taper formula (for creating the form) that > I may use? Please send replies off-list, for these two > questions, as I'm thinking this is too far off of the > topic... > On a more "to the point" note, those who have fished > bamboo and other materials, what are your opinions of > bamboo versus the modern graphites and such? Pro's and > cons to each would be appreciated, along with what weight > line / rod you use (and for what fishes). > I hope that isn't TOO much of a list or THAT far off > topic; apologies if this is off-topic. > Thanks and tight wraps, > Pete > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > http://mail.yahoo.com
