bamboo rods

[Tightlinez]

Anyone ever bought a bamboo rod from these guys? www.Split-Bamboo.com
Seems pretty cheap for bamboo, but might be nice as a first bamboo rod. Any thoughts?

[stripper]

I emailed a guy on ebay about a bamboo rod and he said he has 400 bamboo rods in his collection, he lives in canada and you can look him up under his seller name trailerwheel.

[Tightlinez]

ok, apparently no one had had any experience with this company. I know there are bamboo rod forums out there where I could post this question, but I havent found any good ones. Anyone have a good bamboo rod forum they can direct me to?

[CycleFish]

Norm on this site might be able to point you in the "right questions to ask", direction. He builds bamboo rods himself.

Good luck.

M

[huck_the_meat]

tightlinez,
The headwaters bamboo rods are completely Chinese made as far as I know.
I would go with an american made rod, There are Thramer's to be had for the $500 range, or you could pick up two classics like heddons or grangers for about $500. I currently have a 9' Goodwin Granger Special, I'm selling for $200, as well as a 8.5' 3/2 Shakespeare that is a nice casting rod.
HTM
Kevin@smallflies.com