If you go What: The sixth annual Colorado Cane Conclave, a gathering of anglers who build, collect and fish bamboo rods and other vintage tackle When: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 7 Where: Planet Bluegras… ...

SOUTH PORTLAND — Bamboo fly rods run upward of $1,500 and $2,000. That’s not the kind of cottage industry that would make it in a poor economy. Unless you’re in Maine.

Art Weiler has been turning pliable wooden strips into bamboo fly fishing rods for 40 years and now he builds and sells rods from his home with the passion that comes from a lifetime of fly fishing.