Although at times I'd dearly love to give this to her the little monkey, it's Arundinaria amabilis that she's been referring to, pining for "Una caña como de papá" for the past year. I tried to fob her off, saying that it was being made, and that it took a LOOONG time to make, secretly hoping she'd forget and move onto other more suitable diversions such as Wii, Club Penguin, Moshi Monsters, but definitely not boys! . True to form, she reminded me on Boxing Day that her rod still wasn't with her, and when was it going to be! Resigning myself to the fact that I wasn't going to weasel my way out of it, I dug up my file of short rods for midgets, and selected a Nunley 5'6" #4 2/1 Mountain Creek taper that I'd found on some online Taper archive, and gave Tim Harris a call. We decided on the fittings - darkly flamed cane with blued hardware, crimson wraps, morticed cork spacer and all delivered in time for her birthday tomorrow. Thankfully, no pink in sight! As promised, Tim dropped me an email on Friday saying it was ready to be shipped, and the postie delivered this morning. All the hype of his work wasn't understated, it's a beautiful little gem of a rod, reeking of freshly applied varnish. It's very nicely done, with a tiny 5" grip with a subtle cork spacer and incredibly slim for a #4 (compared to say a 7'6" Garrison), at first glance it appears to be a 2/3 and a surprisingly quickish action - I guess to be expected for a rod of that length.
I had intended to get a Salter to complement it, however the smaller may be too light, and the larger way too big. I may bequeath one of my own reels instead, a little TR1 giving her her own little "Cane and Abel"!

Pics to follow tomorrow.

Now, where's that Barbie wrapping paper?

Steve,

Please Say a HAPPY BIRTHDAY from me to your Daughter!

The new TH Cane Rod sounds absolutely gorgeous! I'm sure your daughter will cherish it; and always remember the day she got her first bamboo fly rod!

The magician has worked that special magic, the way that only Tim Harris can! It takes some expertise to produce a cane blank as slim as a fine carbon rod; and still retain the strength of a beefier rod. Certainly a Magician in my book!

Mostyn

What a delightful story Steve, I hope the little angel does it justice.
I am sure under your wing, she will.
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Hurry up and show us some picts i like the sound off it

Me too! What a lovely present, I hope your daughter makes good use of it. Built a 6' #3 fast cane for Mrs Lhomme 7 years ago and she caught one fish on it on her first and last outing. I hoped the rod would encourage her to accompany me more to the river, but alas! That said I've got one rod more to choose from when the grayling rise...

Regards,
Johan

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Johan Janssens

Great gift

Btw., i know just a spot where it can be used

Great clip Jure.
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Ah Jure, it's gone, but I know where that is! And rest assured both she and I will be there to taste its delights once again!

Here are some shots of the gem, I used our Lumix GF1 but I only have a short pancake prime lens so no real closeups possible. My wife's a photographer and if she shows me pity I may coax her into taking some shots with her macro lenses.







This Summer we are also spending 10 days in the company of family school friends from Norway, in Norway, so hopefully Maui will experience some Norweigan browns on her little Cane and Abel!

Sweet set up Steve, I take it that was your children in the clip?
S.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Steven,

No, I didn't see it but I believe they are Jure's nephew/neice.

S