Mark Koscinski admires a 8-foot 4-weight hollow built split-cane bamboo fly rod made by Bozeman rod builder Bill Blackburn. Koscinski, who owns Hell Mountain Fishing Company, specializes in fine ...

By 1859, Samuel and his son, Solon C., were making split-cane rods with grips of laminated hardwood and bamboo. According to Clingerman, cork was not used as a grip material until the 1880s.

Hunters traded nets and falcons for shotguns in pursuit of game birds some 500 years ago. Wing-shooting certainly still has its nostalgic protocols, its aesthetics, even its pretensions. But when ...

There is something magical about fly fishing with a bamboo rod. Fred Kretchman’s first exposure to bamboo rods was as a boy, fishing with his dad for bass and bluegills. Fred fondly recalls his ...

The finish was darker than what you would find on most cane rods today, what I could call dark honey, but was handsome. The weight seemed more than what you’d find in a modern rod.