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Alberto Poratelli Quality Hand Built Bamboo Fly Rods Made In Italy
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When Alberto makes a fine cane fly rod, he
firstly takes a 12' bamboo pole, which he prepares . Out of the 12' section he can get 2 rods. From start to finish it
takes in excess of 60 hrs of work to craft one rod. The longest part of the proces is the planing of the split cane to the
right size, which is critical, the tolerances are very tight ,working within 0.0004". The rod is made up of six sections, with
the tip section tapering down to 0.03". The sections of cane have to be baked for 30 minutes. When the cane blank is finished
a cork handle of 25 separate cork rings is attached and shaped to size. All the whippings are then completed and six coats
of varnish are applied to give a superior finish. When Alberto makes a rod it is completely by hand, no power tools are used.
If you follow the photo's below, this will show you each stage Alberto went
through to build my 7' 1/2" splitcane fly rod, for a 4# line, a total work of art.
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Selecting a bamboo pole for making a rod |
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Starting to split the bamboo pole |
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Start of the cleaning process, removing the inner
node.
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Splitting the cane down into smaller strips |
Cleaning the external node |
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Bamboo strips ready for straightning |
Cane strips ready for pre planing |
Pre planing the strips in a planing former |
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Cane planed strips ready for cooking |
Cane strips after being cooked |
Side angle cane strips after cooking |
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Bamboo Strips Bored for the Bamboo Ferrule |
Selected Quality Cork Rings |
Fitting The Cork rings To Form The Handle |
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Starting to whip the rings on the cane blank, using a whipping jig
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Whipping the snake rings
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The final job, the naming of the rod.
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Terenzio Zandris Silk Fly Lines
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Terenzio Zandris, is an expert
in silk fly lines, he has been manufacturing these lines for many years.
This is what he has to say about his lines:
to describe my fly lineto you, I begin saying that “she” ( in my opinion it is a lady line),
is suitable and excels on every type of water, whether chalk-streams, spring-creeks, rivers etc. My fly lines
are made both in natural and artificial silk, they differ from modern plasticfly lines as they are a lot more supple. Each
line is built in DT (Double Taper) ,and complies to the AFTMA scale, as do those made from PVC. They come in a
wide range of weights from 0,6 to 6 and more, including intermediate weights like 1-1/4, 1-1/2. Compared with PVC lines, silk
lines are a lot thinner, helping them to cast into the wind. The effort and the attention to detail that has been given to
this product over many years, has given the result of a durable, soft and above all superb floating characteristics.
It is necessary to grease the line to maintain
the best buoyancy and performance taking care to leave the fly line to dry when not in use.
When the fly line
touches the water, it sits in the "film" without breaking it.
These lines are made using modern methods and skills.
In conclusion, these lines have been made with
great passion involving many hours of work. Fishing with these lines is a pleasure in itself.
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