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Paradigm Custom Rod Design

Custom, Handcrafted Split-Bamboo Fly Rods for the Contemporary Angler
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Click on the small numbers above each picture group to toggle thru various aspects of the split-bamboo rodmaking process. 
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heat gun used to soften the nodes
heat gun used to sof...		 large pile of bamboo curls from hand roughing
large pile of bamboo...		 another pile of bamboo curls
another pile of bamb...		 rough-finished strips
rough-finished strip...		 complete equilateral triangle splines, hand-roughed
complete equilateral...
cranking the oven up to heat treat bundled rod sections
cranking the oven up...		 oven, powered by heat gun
oven, powered by hea...		 close-up of the oven
close-up of the oven...		 temperature gauge
temperature gauge ...		 inside view of the oven
inside view of the o...
final hand planing freshly heat-treated strips
final hand planing f...		 final hand planing
final hand planing ...		 top view of rod section aligned in the hollowbuilding jig
top view of rod sect...		 side view of rod section
side view of rod sec...		 side angle of the rod section
side angle of the ro...
preparing to HollowBuild
preparing to HollowB...		 HollowBuilding jig
HollowBuilding jig ...		 creating the hollowbuilt dams
creating the hollowb...		 hollowbuilding top view
hollowbuilding top v...		 hollowbuilt bridge & dam pockets
hollowbuilt bridge &...
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