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…
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Poor man’s quad project… Part 2.
Part one– We decide to build ourselves bamboo rods Lee picks up some cane and gets some much needed advice from an expert After Hamish’s infectious enthusiasm to build a PMQ got the better of me, the first thing we needed was cane. I googled tonkin cane, full of expectations of cheap bundles being sent directly to my door. I…