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ARTHURK		#41	[url]	[-]
Posts: 228 06/18/2009 02:55	My first bamboo rod is a 'budget level' rod I had the maker name after my daughter Ashley when she was born in 2004. It is a Chris McDowell 2/1 209E rendition that is so good despite the entry level price that it still sets the standard for all the rods in my collection today. The McDowell rod allowed such effortless casts and dry fly presentation everytime that I have not bought a graphite or glass rod since. I always use this rod to teach my children ( seen in my avatar) as it is light at hand and a very forgiving taper. It is interesting that my collection should begin and continue with Oregon makers as my second was a Mike Brook's McKZ Demo rod that he is 'transforming' now from varnished resourcinol cane to blonde permacane.. and finally a long awaited Thramer LE that should arrive soon. Interesting that AJ is Chris' mentor and I'm really excited to compare the two rods. Arthur
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HERMES2069	My first Bamboo rod	#42	[url]	[-]
Posts: 551 06/18/2009 07:08	Some time in the early 70's. I was a frequent shopper at the local sporting goods store just west of Boston. The owner was returning from a sporting goods auction. He had Wheatley fly boxes. and a Norm Thompson Farlows Lee Wulff Midge 6'-6" 1 tip. The Farlows was my first Bamboo rod. Along with a Farlows 3-1/8" Sapphire reel. Phil
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nwdlj	first fish?	#43	[url]	[-]
Posts: 39 06/18/2009 11:27	Not to hijack this thread but maybe to add to it as just finished reading Jim's post and it made me think about what was the first fish that I caught with a bamboo rod... Like him, mine was a willing bream....now I don't remember the rod as it was actually a tip section that my granddad rigged up for me when I was 4 years old but to this day, I can still remember the feel of the bream bouncing that tip around...catching that bream for sure hooked me deeper than I hooked the bream...thanks for this thread as it sure brings back some golden memories...my grandad passed away in 1961 but is alive right now as I write this...dj
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Hap	My first bamboo rod	#44	[url]	[-]
Posts: 74 06/18/2009 12:10	First bamboo was a Orvis # 99 with a replaced tip section. Fished it a whole season then had it restored by Orvis as the tip had a serious dent from a screen door accident.
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cecolefly		#45	[url]	[-]
Posts: 26 06/18/2009 21:35	I remember my first fly rod like it was yesterday, my pawpaw was a jack of all things and was very good at it. my other grandfather was a fisherman, so i just got it honest. When i was ten i got bit by the fly rod i read abouth them in field and stream, the love affair has lasted a lifetime. I could not afford one at the time, enen though i saved my money toward buying one. My pawpaw read the article on it from my magazine, so he got all parts off of the farm. heres how it was. 5.6 ft long made from cane from the creek split into four strips and hand shaved (tapered) glued togather as four strips two down to to the sides, and then shaved to the taper he wanted. the guides were made of hat pins, the furrels were made out of 30/06 shells the tiptop was also mmade form ahat pin, and wrapped with sewing tread from my grand mothers sewing basket. the grip beleve it or not was made from a corn cob,sanded and then wrapped with quilting tread, the reel seat was part id the corn cob with two brass rings. it had intermediates just like the picture in the mag. now for the reel, he cut it out of walnut wood made the spool the same way with his wood lathe. the line i bought for 4 dollars, i loved that old thing and kept it for close to 20 years when it got lost in the moving that i did . so that my story of my first fly rod, there has been many sinnce cane, fiiberglass, graphite, and now one hundred and forty three later all cane i own no other kind. all for now hope you all enjoyed this step back in time. regards charlie
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worktoomuchfishtoolittle	The one I learned on, and the the one I treasure..	#46	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9 06/19/2009 22:02	My first rod was a Phillipson Pacemaker that a shop owner in the Poconos gave me to rebuild. It was stripped, no ferrules, but straight as an arrow. I think he knew it was a "loss leader" deal, since I went back to him to buy a Struble reelseat, machined NS Ferrules, and so on........ If I only knew at the beginning what I learned while rebuilding, the end result would have been drastically different, but I fish that rod nonetheless... The real first rod in my mind was a rebuild of a Heddon #10 that belonged to my grandfather, the man who taught me to fish. tie flies, and throw a fly rod. It had an old NS reelseat, with his name and address engraved on it, but it was the only salvageable component. The butt was broken, the mid was delaminated, and the tips were unusable. BUT, the seat was salvageable. I was able to prowl Ebay until I found a rebuildable #10, and I rebuilt it. I put that seat on it, dipped it in Brownell's bluing to raise the engraving, and wrapped it in the red jasper that took me 6 months to find. It was a real effort, but what told me that I did it right was to see the tearing from my mother and my uncle when I showed them the final product. It was special to fish it for the first time, and I went with the three-wet rig he always used. It just seemed like the right thing to do. It's my go-to nymph rod, and the vibe I feel when I break off on a fly is that it's his way of telling me to change flies. I plan to throw it tomorrow.....(weather permitting...)
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darrelll		#47	[url]	[-]
Posts: 114 06/20/2009 08:05	ARTHURK wrote: My first bamboo rod is a 'budget level' rod I had the maker name after my daughter Ashley when she was born in 2004. It is a Chris McDowell 2/1 209E rendition that is so good despite the entry level price that it still sets the standard for all the rods in my collection today. The McDowell rod allowed such effortless casts and dry fly presentation everytime that I have not bought a graphite or glass rod since. I always use this rod to teach my children ( seen in my avatar) as it is light at hand and a very forgiving taper. It is interesting that my collection should begin and continue with Oregon makers as my second was a Mike Brook's McKZ Demo rod that he is 'transforming' now from varnished resourcinol cane to blonde permacane.. and finally a long awaited Thramer LE that should arrive soon. Interesting that AJ is Chris' mentor and I'm really excited to compare the two rods. Arthur Excellent 1st rod! I had Chris build me my first new rod and I had AJ build me my 2-3 new rods... A friend of mine when I got AJ's rod, I let him cast it and he refused to give it back to me, I had to have AJ build me another one. LOL. Chris's workmanship is tops however little you paid for your rod, there are few rod makers that can do a better job.
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bocash3		#48	[url]	[-]
Posts: 226 06/20/2009 23:07	First bamboo: A single tipped Madison "Flea," purchased with the last savings I had at college graduation in 1971. The cost was $89. Seems that I ordered it from Eric Leiser's catalog and it came with a free, 4 weight DT Sci. Angler Supreme fly line. I slobbered over that little rod for weeks and bought it, despite not having a job and owing the Feds over $3,500 in low interest student loans. I later added a 2nd tip for $30, and nearly wore the rod out in the 10 years after its purchase. I taxed the rod severely by fishing long distances, big water, little water, and slinging weighted streamers that were beyond the rod's intended capacity. When I sold it, the action that remained reminded me of a spaghetti noodle. ################## Making friends with the long rod since 1957 <*))))><{ Protect the resource www.TableRockAngler.com
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