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| A Bamboo Rod Love Story |
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| Written by Jorge Trucco | ||||||||
| Monday, 10 March 2008 14:50 | ||||||||
Page 1 of 5  One interesting episode of my fly fishing life is the unexpected story of this bamboo rod and how I ended up with it as the result of a combination of events that lead to this special story that has more to do with serendipity than with pure intention. Back in late 2003 I went to visit my friend Marcelo Calviello, whom I hadn’t seen for over a decade, at his home in Bella Vista, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. To my surprise he was making some very fine cane rods with an unusual ferrule of his own design. The rod was made of native Argentine cane, and the ferrule was made of bamboo, pure bamboo; much like graphite rods are designed, the female portion of the ferrule was continuous with the butt end of the tip section by means of a hollow swell, whereas the male portion was simply the tip end of the butt section. Simple yet impressive! As soon as I saw this I couldn’t help but to start giving ideas, improvements on ferrules, possible new tapers and what not. I told Marcelo that with this ferrule system he should be able to design a rod that could be faster than traditional bamboo rods, more apt for nowadays demands, especially for the challenging Patagonian Rivers. Marcelo listened and within a month he called me up. He had just finished this superb little 7 foot 4 weight that enabled me to launch long casts with narrow loops in full double haul. Incredible! I was so encouraged about this rod’s performance that I dared announce to the world the fact that I was taking the challenge of fishing bamboo at the 2004 One Fly contest in Jackson Hole. And this announcement was even made in writing having posted it at Clark’s Classic Fly Rod Forum on the Internet. |
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