humidity will effect your bamboo rod

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (fishketcha) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:45:56 GMT

Could this be another good reason to apply automotive clearcoat? Acrylic urethane clear is waterproof.

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (freestoner) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:29:56 GMT

What might help is to use sodium silicate crystals, which are commonly used to keep items dehumidified in shipping. They're often found in little enclosed bags, like tea bags. Toss one in the bottom of your rod tube and it should help.

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (steeldog94) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:27:47 GMT

Given that impregnated bamboo rods are, well uh, impregnated with resin/plastic, they would hold up a lot better in a humid environment.

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (Berry Point) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:32:23 GMT

I concur with the others who live and fish in hot and humid climates. I'm in the Persian Gulf and while many may not know it, this region has one of the highest combinations of heat and humidity in the world.........up to 120 degrees (50C) and 95% + humidity in the summer. Yep, we get used to it (well, not really.........!). Now I keep most of my rods at home in the US and Canada, but I do keep a couple here for the salt, and just in case for the elusive desert trout that...

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (ARTHURK) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:45:28 GMT

Hi Spey,

I have owned and fished bamboo rods in the very hot and humid equatorial climate of Singapore for about 4 years. My first rod, a Chris McDowell 2/1 209 taper for my daughter, is still arrow straight, looks pristine, and almost casts the entire 4wt flyline. I have since aquired and fished 23 cane rods both old and new, and all of them are great with no loss of flex or power. My fishing pal Charlie Wong has even built 5 tonkin cane rods from imported culms and they are just...

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (czkid) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:34:44 GMT

My dad put in 38 years on the Panama Canal, most of it without airconditioning (25 cycle electricity). His collection of bamboo deep sea rods were never the worst for it. Like Nunley says... there's bamboo, and then there's bamboo......

Ralph

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (gespliesste) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:11:46 GMT

I'm not to sure about this I know all least 4 people who found old production rods like Haddon and so, this where stored for a long time in a humidity environment like a basement, all this
rods had a soft setting after they dried them for some month the soft setting disappeared. I don't know what this mean but this is actually what Cattanach describes in his book. Maybe because most people live in a humidity environment have a AC and AC makes a very dry...

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (rlnunleycom) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:54:41 GMT

Trout120 wrote:
Will impregnated rods do better with moisture exchange?

Thanks,
T120

Absolutely! The method that I use to impregnate completely stops any moisture gain.

Bob

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (Trout120) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:19:25 GMT

Will impregnated rods do better with moisture exchange?

Thanks,
T120

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feeds@yuku.com (greendrake ll) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:03:33 GMT

With The dark glasses it looks like a clandestine meeting between 2 mobsters(The bamboo cartel)....Will

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (rlnunleycom) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:34 GMT

There have been several tests done on this, some very controlled and scientific, some just shooting from the hip, but the results seemed to be very consistent. If a rod is properly tempered, it will only gain so much moisture, and I may be remembering the number wrong, but I believe it's 6%. If it's not properly tempered, it will gain a lot more than that. Proper tempering does make a physical change to the lignin (sp) in the bamboo that prevents it from retaining moisture like...

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (levertonhatches) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:37:36 GMT

DrLogik -- I live in Columbia, SC, and yup it's dang humid here. For that reason, as I've just described in another thread, I hang my cane rods in their bags to maximize air circulation. Some rods have been here with me for 25 years and none have gone floppy on me, or taken sets for that matter. Of course, during the dog days we run the a/c full time, and that reduces humidity. Cheers,

(the other) Martin

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (gespliesste) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:34:08 GMT

Varnish don't protect against humidity on long turns the bamboo will adjust to the surrounding humidity! Very interesting is what Cattanach is writing in his book about soft setting rods and moisture reentry.
Is this so, a rod should have a crisper action in winter than in summer?
Olaf

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (DrLogik) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:32:50 GMT

I would think that any blemish, scratch, nick etc in the finish would allow moisture to get in to the rod. I'd check your rod real close and see if there are any of those.

It's pretty darn humid here in North Carolina and I've not noticed any particular performance degradation in my rods. I keep them capped and stored in my closet.

During the summer months it typically ranges between 88% and 100% relative humidity. The temperatures range from low 80's to...

Re: humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (BobS) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:54:48 GMT

Very interesting post, spey. Thank you.

(I have not had that experience and don't want to have it. Cannot imagine living in that kind of climate. After 40 years, I have yet to get used to summers in Maryland.)

humidity will effect your bamboo rod

feeds@yuku.com (spey) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:37:40 GMT

After a three month business trip to the Philippines I found out that air humidity will effect your bamboo rod! I took a bamboo fly rod with me made from a very well known maker 3 years ago never had problem with the rod. After 2 month of 30-35°c and 70-90% humidity ( every day some hours rain) the rod started to feel soft and get very easy a set. I never used it in the rain. It doesn't madder how good a rod is heat treated and how many varnish is one it humidity will...