Per Brandin, one of the nation's foremost builders of fine bamboo fishing rods, still recalls the day cane stirred his soul.

Most bamboo rods aren’t worth much of anything. Bamboo (or cane, as it is sometimes called) was the preferred rod material from the 1870s till about 1955.

Consistently powerful rods proliferated, and shops from Philadelphia to Bangor hummed with craftsman working with this new-found Tonkin cane and the split-bamboo innovation.

OLD ROD MAKER MADE FISHING A GENTLE ART * SAMUEL PHILLIPPE OF EASTON DEVELOPED THE POLE THAT HAS EVOLVED INTO WHAT IS USED DAY.

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Now an avid fly fisherman himself, Fred crafts his own rods. In 1993, he opened the F. D. Kretchman Rod Company. He has perfected a way to hollow bamboo cane while retaining its strength. His ...

In the the new world of mass producing fishing poles, 85-year-old Wes Cooper, of Fremont, is bucking the trend by making handmade bamboo fly rods out of his home.

‘Tis the season for holiday greetings, cheers and the iconic candy cane treat, but are you eating the holiday candy correctly?

Many who fish with split-cane bamboo fly rods say they allow a depth of feeling when casting or reeling in a fish that just isn’t possible with today’s more common graphite rods. When Selah ...

National Candy Cane Day in the United States is celebrated on December 26. Candy canes are the best-selling non-chocolate candy in the month of December.

‘Tis the season for holiday greetings, cheers and the iconic candy cane treat, but are you eating the holiday candy correctly?