On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:05:47 -0700 (PDT), Michael
wrote:

On Aug 25, 11:46*am, DerekO wrote:
I recently ran across a bamboo rod in a second hand store. *Can anyone
tell me if they are still good? *It seemed to have some good action.
I was just unsure of buying it, using it and having it break. *Anyone
with any experience?

Despite the smart-aleck comments you've received, the answer is
probably yes. If you're talking about the kind of second hand store
where the rod is priced at under five dollars or five pounds, or five
Euros, depending on your location, even if it does break, you're not
out very much. If you tested it and it seems to have good action, it's
worth trying to fish with it, or even taking it to a dealer of some
sort to see if it's an antique. Buy it, treasure it, brag about it,
throw it in the face of these smarties.

Er, no. Given the information provided, there is no way to give any
practical information - IOW, he got about as good as he gave.

As to the rod, for example, if it happened to be a Gillum of a certain
period, the glue could be iffy, and an attempt to fish it could turn a
monetarily and historically important rod into kindling. On the other
hand, if it's some 10 ft. Japanese souvenir tomato sta...er, rod for
$25-50.00USD, in need of some TLC, and DerekO's intended quarry is tiny
little trout in some NC under- and over-brush, it's probably not worth
it even if the cane is perfe...well, it won't be "perfect," but
"fishable." Moreover, a cane novice isn't likely to be about to tell
how a particular rod might fish waving it around in the store. And if
DerekO can't take a little ribbing, he can **** off...you can feel free
to do so as well...if he can take a little ribbing, he should feel free
to post some actual useful details, and I suspect he'll get actual
useful information.

HTH,
R