Hello, new member here. Could anyone recommend any books or websites which focus on the history of bamboo rod making (and makers) in the United States?
Thanks,
Arthur
the history of rodmaking in the US...
Hello, new member here. Could anyone recommend any books or websites which focus on the history of bamboo rod making (and makers) in the United States?
Thanks,
Arthur
toodles,
First of all, welcome to FAOL. It's simply the best flyfishing website around. For more info on the history of bamboo rods, you might want to join the "Chatroom" tonight between 6-8 PM Pacific Daylight Time. It will be hosted by the best of all bamboo rodmakers; Ron Kusse. He will most likely be happy to advise you in the areas of your interest.
God Bless,
Rodmaking in the U.S. - Books
1. Best choice (basics) for someone thinking about getting into bamboo:
"Fishing Bamboo" by John Gierach. Inexpensive and informative.
2. For more history with good depth on the Eastern early rodmakers, and continuing through the recent Winston debacle, try "Casting a Spell" by George Black. Published just this year.
3. The magnum opus is "Classic Rods and Rodmakers" by Martin Keane. Great stuff, but you'll have trouble getting a copy at a reasonable price.
Fishing the Great Beyond
'The Technology of Fly Rods,' by Don Phillips pub. Amato $19.95
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/bamboo/archive.html:09dc6]You also could browse through the " Bamboo Archive"s here on FAOL, Click Here![/url:09dc6]. You may find some of the answers, you are search for there.
There is also an interesting video called Trout Grass. Worth looking at to give some sense of the process from the growing to the fishing and all stops inbetween.
jed
Also...
'Splitting Cane' by Ed Engle which covers some of the modern builders. and if you want THE how to...
...'A Masters Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod' by Everett Garrison and Hoagy Carmichael.
A book that covers this subject very well is:
"Trout" volume two, by Ernest Schwiebert
It's a history of rod making from the mid 1800's, and before, through the glass era and the start of the graphite age.
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
I'll second that "Casting a Spell" by Geo. Black. A fine read to sit back with a cup of coffee on a rainy afternoon and dwell on some good stuff! I just started it.
Jeremy.
Bamboo Websites
Here's a good place to start. http://p205.ezboard.com/bclarksclassicflyrodforum
Dan S
"I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel." Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps
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