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There are a few advantages of using a bamboo fly road over the typical graphite fly rod. Bamboo rods are heavier than graphite rods which makes them easier to cast. They are also less likely to break and handcrafted from natural materials.
Bamboo rods are frequently used for decorative fencing or as the base for garden torches. One can also use them to make a fishing rod or a speaker for an iPod.
A bamboo fly rod from A/F is just that. Before A/F became this hardcore teen store, they were a sporting goods store that was well established. A/F made or contracted companies to make all sorts of rods, reels, guns etc. Imagine sporting goods stores of today only better. That was the origins of A/F
The materials used in making a bamboo Nipa hut include bamboo for the floors. Walls are made using bamboo rods, or Sawali, which is bamboo mats. The hut is built on stilts made of wood.
Ray Gould has written: 'Constructing Cane Rods' -- subject(s): Bamboo, Design and construction, Fishing rods
Modern fishing rods are typically made of fiberglass, graphite, and even bamboo. The handle is usually made of cork for gripping.
Andrew P. Hall has written: 'Building the bamboo fly rod' -- subject(s): Design and construction, Fly rods, Fishing rods
The Target house brand curtain rods are great, and their expandable rods are good for hallway use.
Shimano
Acme rods were trade rods made for and sold by Schoverling, Daly, & Gales of NY. They were made by Charles Wheeler, of Farmington, ME from the early 1880's to the early 1890's.
Theremin
Union Hardware was a competitor in the bamboo rod industry circa ~1920 -1930. Though TONKIN cane was used majorly, the use of CALCUTTA cane was becoming quite a popular, equalled quality, substitute.