Thread: My brotherss handmade split bamboo fly rods and rod cases etc.

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Today I visited with my brother. He said he had something to show me. I knew that he made split bamboo fly rods. He has been doing that for a number of years now. I also knew he was making his own fly rod cloth cases that held each section of the rod and fit into a rod case.

But he really surprised me today when he showed me his handmade leather rod tubes/cases.
So I thought I would share some pics.

He has done all the cutting, sewing, staining etc himself. The stitching is by hand!

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In the first and second pic can see one of the rods he has made plus the cloth bag for the rod sections.

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.Here are some better pics of the rods. He makes all the components and even the laser engraving.

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He had an unusual tool on the table which I had not seen before. He said it was a Tuttle Taper Taker!

His group of rod makers likes to take measurements of other rods so they can try to duplicate or improve upon them.
The device is connected to a RS232 port which feeds into some software he wrote. It is accurate to 1/1000th of an inch.
It can read the diameter at many different points along the rod.
A very cool tool!

and a couple more pics .....
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I will post a pic of my brother once I edit his picture.

Wow!!! Amazing work, my dad loved fly fishing and had a few ok to nice fly rods but nothing like those!!!