	US 7,509,768 B2
	Fishing rod and method of manufacture
Wayne J. Maca, P.O. Box 429, 205 N. Madison, Twin Bridges, Mont. 59754 (US)
Filed on May 24, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/853,549.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/473174, filed on May 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0244266 A1, Dec. 09, 2004
Int. Cl. A01K 87/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 43—18.1R

9 Claims

1. A method of constructing a fishing rod comprising a tip section and a butt section from a plurality of bamboo splines comprising:

removing pith from inner walls of the bamboo splines;

applying a coating of stiffener to the inner walls of the bamboo splines;

gluing the splines together to form a rod having a polygonal cross section;

placing the rod in a vacuum;

baking the rod;

inserting the butt section in a first mold;

applying a first vacuum pressure to the first mold;

hanging the first mold vertically in an oven;

inserting the tip section in a second mold;

applying a second vacuum pressure to the second mold;

hanging the second mold vertically in an oven;

changing the first and second vacuum pressures to a third vacuum pressure and a fourth vacuum pressure; and

suspending the first and second molds vertically at ambient pressure and temperature.