Bamboo fly rods

dennisw · 12-15-2009, 12:38

Well, with my youngest leaving his team to be an instructor at the SF mountaineering school for three years and his brother transferring to to a college in the Colorado Springs area, I decided to purchase special Christmas gifts for them. I do not know much about bamboo fly rods, except my grandfather had one in the garage for a long time. With this in mind, I contacted Scott Nilsson of High Desert Fly Rods in Idaho. I was fortunate that Scott makes extra rods in case someone wants to buy one as a Christmas present. Scott sent me some pictures of the rods he is sending.

He hand makes about three rods every month. Hopefully, my sons will enjoy these in the years to come(and that they will not see this thread before Christmas

).

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12-15-2009, 12:48

Beautiful rods. Tell your boys to PM me when ready, I'll take them to some really good water, (CO, WY, UT).

I fish only with Bamboo,

WD

Dozer523 · 12-15-2009, 13:47

Anyone else around here up for adoption?

JJ_BPK · 12-15-2009, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Dozer523

Anyone else around here up for adoption?

Your kids are very lucky boys,, with a dad like you..

I only use Sage Rods,, don't trust myself with anything with reel wood...

Merry Christmas..

alright4u · 12-16-2009, 01:39

What length and line weight are the rods? Very nice gifts. Winston bamboo rods start at three grand now. And their great cane rod maker hit the road. He got into it with the new owner.

I have too many rods. Three older cane rods, a Scott powerply 804. Sage 590 RPL, Sage 690XP, and; another great casting rod, a Winston IM6 8'6"5 weight. Only two of the rods go out west. The 690 XP on Wyoming Rivers like the Green, and; Winston 5 weight for medium and smaller. Actually the Winston protects light tippets better then any rod I have. The Scott 4 weight is a classic,too. It is a great dry fly rod.

12-16-2009, 02:12

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Originally Posted by alright4u

What length and line weight are the rods? Very nice gifts. Winston bamboo rods start at three grand now. And their great cane rod maker hit the road. He got into it with the new owner.

I have too many rods. Three older cane rods, a Scott powerply 804. Sage 596 RPL, Sage 696XP, and; another great casting rod, a Winston IM6 8'6"5 weight. Only two of the rods go out west. The 596 on Wyoming Rivers like the Green, and; Winston 5 weight for medium and smaller. Actually the Winston protects light tippets better then any rod I have. The Scott 4 weight is a classic,too. It is a great dry fly rod.

Another great rod maker is Michael Clark, Lyons, CO.

http://www.southcreekltd.com/

Regardless of the rod maker, plan on waiting 2-3 yrs for an order to be completed. And yes, $3000 is not uncommon.

I've ordered another, 8.5ft. 5 weight, 3/4 taper handle. Can't choose a handle, stuck between Bloodwood or Chinese White/Black Ebony.

WD

p.s., You can't have too many rods. Like .45 ACP, how do you know which one you want until you tried them all. My second wife never understood that.

12-16-2009, 02:13

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Anyone else around here up for adoption?

Dozer, if your feet ever touch Rocky Mountain soil, I'll take you up into the high country and we'll catch some fish.

Dozer523 · 12-16-2009, 06:45

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Originally Posted by wet dog

Dozer, if your feet ever touch Rocky Mountain soil, I'll take you up into the high country and we'll catch some fish.

That will be great!

dennisw · 12-16-2009, 09:09

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originally posted by alright4u
What length and line weight are the rods?

The rods are 7' and four weight.

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originally posted by wet dog
Regardless of the rod maker, plan on waiting 2-3 yrs for an order to be completed. And yes, $3000 is not uncommon.

When I looked around, I was a little shocked at the prices. When I stumbled on Scott's website and saw that he charged $850.00 per pole and $1,000.00 for one with two tips, I got pretty excited. http://www.highdesertflyrods.com/

On his website, he mentions that the price of bamboo rods has skyrocketed due mainly to collectors as opposed to fisherman. Like I said earlier, I'm no expert, but I plan on getting into this more. He said he makes two to three per month.

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Wetdog posted
Beautiful rods. Tell your boys to PM me when ready, I'll take them to some really good water, (CO, WY, UT).

I fish only with Bamboo,

WD

Wetdog,

I will pass this on to them. I'm sure they will take you up on this. Very cool offer.