I finally got around to finishing my first PMQ (poor man’s quad). We’ve done a few earlier posts on the building process, so I just wanted to share a few quick lessons learnt from the process. 1. Use quality bamboo (Tonkin cane). If you’re going to invest the time and effort, you might as well use decent materials. I started…
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Poor mans quad project… Part 3- Practice
The rod I hope to get by the end of this project is a shortish 4/5 weight, for fishing tight overgrown streams. I envisage mainly using it as a dry fly weapon, but I want a little versatility from it. Something that throws a size 18 adams nicely, but will be happy enough throwing bigger dries, like hoppers, cicadas and…