Bamboo fishing pole?

I have a lot of bamboo stalks and I need to know how to turn them into useful fishing rods. Anybody know how? Do they work good? Are they easy to make?





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Bamboo fishing pole?
all you really need is a couple eyes and a place to wrap your line. Very simple, and theres nothing funner than cane poleing for bluegills. Fabricate yourself a couple eyes using paperclips, unbend them and reshape them into the eyes, allowing for some of the wire to be used as a "foot" part.Having a helper, hold the eye in the place where you want it,one on the skinny end of the pole, and one about halfway up the length. Using a heavyweight sewing thread, wrap multiple wraps of the thread around the foot part, attaching it to the pole. Make many wraps, then, using CA glue(super glue), the thick or medium thickness type, cover the thread. Do this same thing to the other eye you bent. Be careful not to glue your fingers, or especially your helpers fingers, because you will later need your helper to fillet all those bluegills! On the handle end, drill a couple holes with an 1/8th inch drillbit, and superglue in a couple short lengths of 1/8th inch dowel rod to wrap your string to. Glue in the dowels at a bit of an angle, --------\------/------ so when your line is wrapped it wont slip over the dowels. Put your line around them, and knot it so its held on, and wrap enough line on there so you have plenty for fishing for a long time. So yes, it is pretty simple to build a cane pole, and once you find a good spot for poleing, you will see I was right, its great fun!
Reply:I had an old bamboo fishing rod once. It was hexagonal in cross-section- I believe it was made of angled sections assembled to make a solid pole.





It had a curve to it and was "mushy" when fly casting. I didn't like it. The reason the fishermen of the world went to graphite and fiberglass is that they work way better than bamboo, for a lot less cost.
Reply:if you are not experienced at making rods i dont recommend it because you will prob not be satisfied with the end results. I recommend if you need a rod just buy a graphite rod
Reply:Cane fishing poles are easy. You can get some of the hardware for poles at the sporting goods store.


Fly fishing poles made from bamboo needs to be flame heated, cut into wedges and glued into hex shaped shafts. It complicated and time consuming, and that is why they can be very expensive.