Thread: who makes the best bream fishing pole?

Originally Posted by bxn

speaking of cane,do you guys mean bamboo or something like it?it so happens i have bamboo growin in my backyard.if i knew how to build rods i could use that right?

Yes, bamboo. There are quite a few fly rod builders who use bamboo but, to the best of my knowledge, they all use Tonkin cane which comes from China. I guess the Tonkin cane is a better rod material.

If you still use a quill and a cricket you are ok to fish with me .

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Yes, bamboo. There are quite a few fly rod builders who use bamboo but, to the best of my knowledge, they all use Tonkin cane which comes from China. I guess the Tonkin cane is a better rod material.

Not better, cheaper!

I love a good cane pole as much as the next guy, but the only graphite rod really designed for bream that I've ever seen is the Grizzly Elite, 9'6 fly rod, my favorite rod for bream by a mile!

Originally Posted by Fisherman_Wantabe

Not better, cheaper!

I dunno. Have you seen what bamboo fly rods are selling for?

The cheap ones go for $1,000.

Originally Posted by boatstall

Man I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one still using cane. Just hung 4 newly cut ones to dry. Love the feel of cane. Proper butt strength, good transition in the middle, and the softest, fastest tip available. Older I get, the more I seem to be returning to my roots, and in the late 50's and early 60's, cane was king for bream. I still have the set of gutter clamp brackets, that we used to carry them on the car. Memory lane...

I'm with you, Boatstall. Love them cane poles. You can find them here, but they come from fishing stores and come apart in the middle. Wow, I remember those gutter clamps. I couldn't think of what to call them. I rmember they had a spring that wrapped around the poles so you could take them to the bar pit for fishing. What a great feeling as a kid when they took out the poles and strapped them to the car. I fish with poles, now, too. I love it.

Originally Posted by Cartman

I'm with you, Boatstall. Love them cane poles. You can find them here, but they come from fishing stores and come apart in the middle. Wow, I remember those gutter clamps. I couldn't think of what to call them. I rmember they had a spring that wrapped around the poles so you could take them to the bar pit for fishing. What a great feeling as a kid when they took out the poles and strapped them to the car. I fish with poles, now, too. I love it.

You ain't gona believe this but I had to go into town this afternoon and got stuck in traffic behind a guy with his kids in a new Honda SUV and loe and behold he had about 25 fresh cut cane pole about 10 ft long all dressed up with line and floats and fresh mud on the end of every one strapped to the luggage rack. Figured they was just coming home from a long day of bream fish in.

St Croix Premier 6' UL (1 piece) and would like to try the 7' UL, I bet it's just as great or better than 6'