Poppycane for me

 

Poppycane for me
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That’s about a half rod for you 😏

 

 

Nice! What rod is that?

 

I'm following this one!

I have heard spey casting and metal ferrules don't generally mix well. Are you using spliced joints or is this not really an issue?

 

Well my first bamboo single hander was a sharpes scottie 10’ 6/7 spliced joint because I was under the same impression but after talking to a couple people who really know bamboo and steelhead, as long as the rod was built for steelhead fishing, Winston’s, ec Powell’s that kinda stuff you’ll be just fine!
a lot of other rods out there, those are just my personal favorites so far 😏

 

I've been swinging flies for steelhead, sea run browns and Atlantics with bamboo for some time now. Only been fanatical about it for about the last seven years. Now, it's an obsession. I've been very fortunate to be able to swing fish on cane in Alaska, BC, PNW, Russia, and Patagonia. Sometimes with a two hander and sometimes with a single hander depending on the size of the rivers. Mostly with a wet fly but sometimes with a dry. My first 20# sea run brown on a dry just came to hand this year.

 

My-oh-my!

 

One of those SH is definitely a Farlow/Sharpes!

 

Yes it is. 9' #6/7 spliced joint. I have come to trust spliced joint rods to put maximum pressure on fish. They bend through the splice and just don't give.

 

just got this in the mail today from fleabay . unused and in perfect shape ! pretty cool box and storage system . i will being applying the otter butter and spooling it up for using on my spliced scottie sh 6/7# . i enjoy swing streamers with this rod , i use an orvis bankshot , sometimes with poly tips . for dries , a wulff tt . i'll be trying this line out with dries on the wb delaware next week . hoping she comes down a bit , or you may find me in the chesapeake 🤣

 

@jimlucey nice! I just got an Ian moxon silk for a bamboo I’m almost finished building

 

Nice find on the Ashaway. Here’s an early ‘30s ad for Ashaway. Yours is post WWII because of what’s not on the box which they dropped after the war.

 

@Kalebpierce - that handle assembly is bang-on killer!! The taper of the front handle brings me way back to the vintage flair of an EC Powell fly rod ... BRILLIANT!!!


Mike

 

@GR8LAKES FLYER Mike, thank you!! That shape I got from EC powells and brought it down to what feels PERFECT in my hand! I understand why powells and Winston’s used that, those aggressive curves, it feels good! I’ll post more pictures when I’m done with the rod.

 

Yes, the old Winston's as well
In Trey Comb's book Steelhead Flyfishing and Flies, there is a photo of fly rod handles showing the unique cork tapers of steelhead fly rods. You can see how the Winston's & Powell's are compared to others.


Mike

 

Carlin 8'9" 7wt

 

Nice!! That last picture I posted is a Carlin blank! Very nice rod!

 

A little progress on the current rod I’m building for myself.

 

 

Poppycane at work
poppy calls it abuse but I call it being connected to something magical

 

Top two, A Payne Canadian Canoe Rod made by Gary Lacey with an Alaskan steelhead & below a Paul H Young 9'3" #9 with my first sea trout over 20# (just barely) on a waked dry.

 

Most recent obsession, swinging flies for steelhead with bamboo single handers. Who here takes part in such and share picture of your rods please!

Below an Alaskan steelhead taken on a Leonard 10' Special Tournament. Rod dates from about 1930. I just loves a 200 grain sink tip and a small Intruder. It snowed all day that day.