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Joel Anderson details the eighteen steps he's using to build a 7.5-foot 5-weight bamboo rod, which he'll raffle to benefit the Maine Council of Trout Unlimited Trout Camp. Outside of print, this is the probably the most complete photo essay on how to build a bamboo rod you can find, so if you're the least bit interested in building cane rods, check out his images and steps on the Fly Fishing In Maine Web site..

Anderson says: "The truth is, if it's trivial and you can't make any money at it, I'm an expert. I can cast a fly into the next county, but as it turns out, there is no money in it. I can tie the heck out of a fly, but the average professional fly tyer makes less money than a migrant farm worker. I can strum a little guitar, but no one is ever going to confuse me with Eric Clapton, or even pay me to play. The one skill I do have that might be worth a little money to others is the ability to build a bamboo fly rod."

(Thanks to reader Dan Tarkinson for this link.)

Turning a 12-Foot Piece of Bamboo Into Something Useful

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