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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.