The making of a bamboo fly rod

Having seen the crazy prices that some of these fishing poles go for I stumbled upon this video that shows some of what goes into making a bamboo fly rod.

I can't figure out how to embed vimeo vids here so will have to just include the link.

Truly a work of art.

I had no idea how involved the process was to make a bamboo fly rod.  I now have a whole new respect for them.  Kind of makes me want to dig mine out and try it again.

Bet he measures at least twice before making a length cut, lol.