The reasons why mostly kids are provided with a bamboo fishing pole for the first time is that it allows them to feel the slightest pull of a fish with your bait. Additionally, you would be able to adjust the tightness or looseness of the line using these kinds of poles. You can also easily move the line out of the water once you caught a fish. Everything seems to go handy with using bamboo fishing pole.



Here are the steps you can follow if you want to make your own bamboo fishing pole.

1.Choose the best bamboo. You can get the bamboo that has about ? inch diameter and about 8 to 10 feet long. Remember that you do not want a bamboo that is much too long or too thick in diameter. You might end up having a hard time holding or carrying the fishing rod. Usually, Golden bamboo is the best choice for fishing poles since they have nodes at the base that are good for easy grip.

2. Let the bamboo dry. Usually, you can allow the bamboo dry by hanging the bamboo on the tip and tying a brick on the other end. You can also run a torch on the bamboo so that it would easily dry up. This process is not a problem especially during summertime. Once it dried up, you can get sandpaper to smoothen the surface of the pole.

3.Now you are ready for tying the fishing line into your pole. You can tie the fishing line starting on the base up to the end. Make sure that you are not tying the line too tight so that you can adjust the line depending on the depth that you want. Just wrap the excess fishing line at the base so that you can adjust the line. Then once the line is attached to the pole, you can put hook at the end of the line or put floats. This is also where you will put the bait.

It is very simple to create a bamboo fishing pole. It is the basic for fishing but you will be amaze with how many fishes you can catch with this simple tool. Going with the basic after all is as effective as any modern equipment nowadays.