After making those initial casts with his first bamboo fly rod, Kube has built 160. He builds 15 a year, on average, and unlike most rod builders, also makes the reel seats, ferrules, handles and ...

A master rod builder shares the tools, skills, and deeper rewards of a more deliberate—and satisfying—way to fish ...

In it, you get to follow fly fisherman Nick Taransky around as he meticulously makes a bamboo fishing rod. The fun part is ... and use the best nickel silver ferrules and reel seat hardware ...

I bought my first bamboo fly rod in the 1970s at a garage sale in Boulder. It was a beat-up 3-piece, 9-footer with chromed ferrules and two tip sections. One of the tips was 2 inches short ...

A lot of people are aware that antique bamboo or cane ... the gold standard for fly rods. Sinclair also writes that a just criticism of Divines is that the ferrules aren’t as tight as on most ...

FREMONT, MI – In the quiet of his basement workshop, Wes Cooper has been keeping a 90-year-old Michigan tradition alive - that of hand-building bamboo fly rods in an era dominated by mass ...

Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. SOUTH PORTLAND — Bamboo fly rods run upward of $1,500 and $2,000. That’s not the kind of cottage industry that would ...

I live only a few miles away from Tom Morgan Rodsmiths, a custom fly ... ferrule — a separate piece that is used to join two sections of a rod — is being fitted for another, and strips of ...

Making a bamboo drift boat is just like making a bamboo fly rod – times 10. “Instead of 700 hours, this is about 70 hours,” Ron Knowles said of the handmade fishing gear he makes at his home ...

TWIN BRIDGES - Glenn Brackett will describe the act of building split bamboo fly rods as "a spiritual experience" should you happen by his workshop nestled in the heart of this tiny town.

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up ...