My good friend, Noel from Australia, just sent me a photo of a day he and I had on Loon Creek in Idaho this Summer.  Take a look at the bend a nice cutthroat is putting in this rod…an 8′  3″  5 wt rod I built for him a couple of years ago.  I’m now building Noel another rod to compliment this one…a 7′  3″  4 wt/3 piece rod.  This new rod will be a great travel rod for Noel when he is out on smaller water.

Putting a bend in a bamboo rod!