Top 10 Bamboo Rod Builders...

[Mike Murgida]

Well obviously Ron Kusse is one of them ...who do you think are the other nine?

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Mike Clark without question.

At least in my opinion.

Jim Beasley (sp) is another one.

At least in my opinion.

Ken

[dleo6446]

Probably a very difficult question to answer because there are so many doing a great job. I would definitley say that Ron has found a home in infamy amongst the legends. I wouldn't even beging to try to classify the top ten but I can witness the work of several that I have dealt with. Thramer, Bacon, Zietak, the beautiful work of "Denver Dave", Jim Beasley, Mark Fitch, and a South American Marcello Calveillo (sp), and many many more that have taken the works of the old masters and value added to their teachings to create some of the best on earth.

can you JUST imagine what the old makers would have done with the technology that is available today in technique, adhesives, finishes? WOW

[William Fitzgerald]

My vote is for a little known builder Jerry Drake---of course years ago Bill Edwards gave me "Quad"

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[buggywhip]

Not in any order
Kusse
Darrell Whitehead
John Bradford
Bob Summers
Per Brandon
Thramer
Dave Colyer (Denver Dave)
Wayne Cattenach

[Hans Weilenmann]

*chuckle*

This top 10 limited for North American builders? I guess no split bamboo rods gut built elsewhere

Here are my two additional candidates:
Tom Moran (England)
Guenther Henseler (Germany)

Cheers,
Hans W


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[Ray]

Here are my top 10 in no particular order:
Ron Kusse
Marc Arnor
R. D. Taylor
Per Brandin
Bob Summers
Jeff Wagner
John Zimny
Glenn Brackett
John Bradford
Walt Carpenter

I have no clue who the top 10 are. I'll use Ray's list, he seems to know quite a bit.
Getting on anybodys top 10 list would be an accomplishment. You would have to spend years working in a dusty shop, build a few hundred (or even thousand) rods and not make one mistake on any of them. Make tapers that a lot of people like to cast and fish and certaintly not be in it to make a top 10 list.

I have met a few rod makers and I will say I like every one of them. They are special prople, skilled, patient and true artists.

I don't own very many cane rods but the ones I do have I know personelly the maker. Evertime I fish one of these rods I feel a kinship to them.

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[Mike_D]

Hmmm...

Another vote for Zietak, I've one of his quads ... an absolute joy to fish.

Mike D. [url=http://battenkill.tripod.com:3d21b]http://battenkill.tripod.com[/url:3d21b]

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[Mike Murgida]

Hans...you know I love the Europeans...also where in my post did I mention only North American builders

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