Delivery of Tonkin Cane!!!!

In a recent personal desire for advancement, understanding and desire to take on more challenges, I decided to make some split cane fly rods.  Still very early in the process of getting started.  I love the feeling of a new endeavor.  The promise of hope and fulfillment before experience causes a slight tempering of enthusiasm. 

I have spent the last several weeks reading and assembling the basic tools required to take on some rodbuilding.   Last weekends highlight was to attend The Fly Fishing show.  there heard and looked at tsome fine cane rods and decided to take the plunge and start building my own rods. 

First thing was to call Andy at the The Bamboo Broker to order some of the required Tonkin cane.  Delivered to my work this morning I can't wait to get it home to take a look. Getting it home and into my workshop/basement.  It's the two gray tubes on the gray floor.

After opening the tubes have a lot of 12' bamboo culms rolling around.

 

Each culm is 2-3" in diameter and a bit heavier than I expected.  No wonder they build all kinds of stuff out of bamboo in china.  Also the stiffness of the culms was surprising, as the rods that are made from this stuff are surprisingly flexible.

The culms are properly stored under my 'new' workbench.