Mtgt.
You apparently don't have your account set to allow messages. So here is the one you shoulda got.
Don
I build bamboo rods only and don't do blanks. See:
http://bamboorods.ca/
If you wish to build a rod, see the guys below. They have a sack full of blanks.
http://www.rodbuildersupplies.com/
One thing I do know - most graphite rods don't cast light lines well. The material is more suited to line weights greater than 5. Glass is where I'd go for a 2 or 3 wt.
Failing that, if you got the time to wait I'll build you a bamboo rod this winter.
And lastly, installing parts on a graphite or glass blank is dead easy. I built my first one in 1968 from a single page of instructions that included line drawings. I bought the parts on Friday and it was on the Oldman attached to a trout Sunday.
regards,
Don