Historic Rodmakers
Pezon& Michel
History of a Century, the fine French rod makers.
Shakespeare Company
Did you know Shakespeare once made high quality cane rods? Here's
a neat history.
Craftsmen
Art Carter, not all cane rods are fly rods!
Louis Feierabend
The inventor of the Super-Z ferrule and more.
Winchester Rods
Part 15 in our Historical Rodmakers
Our thanks to Centennial Publications for
use permission.
Bob Summers, Part One
Part 12 in our Historical Rodmakers
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use permission.
Bob Summers, Part Two
Part 13 in our Historical Rodmakers
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use permission.
Bob Summers, Part Three (Concluded)
Part 14 in our Historical Rodmakers
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use permission.
Ron Kusse Rods.
Part 11 in our Historical Rodmakers
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use permission.
The Paul H. Young Rod Co.
Part 10 in our Historical Rodmakers
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use permission.
Glenn Brackett - Winston
Part 9 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
Doug Merrick - Winston
Part 8 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
Morris Kushner - The Rodmaker
Part 7 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
Omar Needham - Rodmaker from Maine
Part 6 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
Harold "Pinky" Gillum
Part 5 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
Lew Stoner
Part 4 in our Historical Rodmakers
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permission.
E. C. Powell Rod Co.
Part 3 in a series on Historical Rod Makers
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Taylor Made Rods
Part 2 of our Historical Rod Makers series, William Taylor
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Lyle Dickerson
Part 1 in a series on Historical Rod Makers.
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permission.
Baby's First Fly Rod
By Ray Du Bois
What is "The Old Rod" Made Of?
By Harry Boyd
Rod Crafting (Book Review)
By Deanna Birkholm
The Old Rod
By James Birkholm
Revival
By Roger Stouff
In a New Jersey Garden - Forsythian Parabolas
By Gordon M. Wickstrom
Raising Cane
Fiction by Roger Stouff
Salty Cane
By Buddy Davis, Maker
Buying Used Cane Rods: What to Look For
By Ted Knott
Convergences
By Roger Stouff
My Rod Shop
By Ron Kusse Maker
Preparing Cane Strips and the
Thickness Planner
By Ron Kusse Maker
Casting Cane
By James Castwell
Buying a Cane Fly Rod? Get What You Pay For!
By Bob Nunley
Robert Traver on Cane Rods
By Robert Traver
Jungle Trout and Jungle Rods
By Bob Meiser
The Makers Rod Raffle 2002
By Steve Southard
Traditional Rod Making?
By Reedwacker
Why Roll Your Own?
By Harry Boyd
What's all the Hoopla about Cane Fly Rods?
By R.L. "Bob" Nunley
Zen and the Art of Fly Fishing
By Mark Nickerson
The Old Masters
By James Castwell
Silk Vs Plastic Lines
By Ralph Shuey
Wetfly - The Forgotten Taper, Chapter One
By Reed F. Curry
Wetfly - The Forgotten Taper, Chapter Two
By Reed F. Curry
Silk Lines. . .Who Needs 'Em?
By Ronald J. Barch
Final Cast
By Bob Nunley
Why Bamboo
By Bob Nunley
The Fire is Back
By Bob Nunley
Reel Seats on the Bamboo Fly Rods
of the South Bend Bait Company
By Tim R. Mullican
Press Release
Bamboo rods and Silk Lines
By James G. Birkholm
Fishing and Collecting the Oldies
Goodwin Granger and Wright and McGill Rod Companies
By Tim R. Mullican
Rodbuilding Profiles
The Charles H. Demarest Company
By JD Wagner
Makers Rod '00
Raffle for a unique cane fly rod
Blue Collar Cane, Part 1
By James R. Babb
Blue Collar Cane, Part 2
By James R. Babb
Blue Collar Cane, Part 3 (conclusion)
By James R. Babb
Why Cane
By Joe Loverti
Tips on Collecting Bamboo Rods
By Frank Cavanaugh
Discovering Silk Lines
By Reed F. Curry
The why and how of Silk Lines
Cleaning and Restoring Silk Lines
By Reed F. Curry
Clear and Easy method.
Excerpts: A FlyFishers Life, Charles Ritz
"Rods Made to Measure and Comments on the Ideal Action P.P.P."
"WHAT I DEMAND OF A GOOD FLY ROD"
"My methods of trial and perfecting"
"The Perfecting of Prototypes: essential
conditions and methods of work"
"How I Began Working With Split Bamboo"
"Malformation, Weakness"
"The Uniformity of Cane Rod Tips"
"How to Determine the Quality of a Cane Rod's
Action"
"When should you choose a rod?"
"How to select a cane rod without
allowing yourself to be unduly influenced."
"Fly rods are like women."
Excerpt from Chapter 7: Trout
By Ray Bergman
Dry-Fly Fundamentals and Tackle, Part 1
Dry-Fly Fundamentals and Tackle, Part 2
Dry-Fly Fundamentals and Tackle, Conclusion
The Cane Rod Fix
By Ray Gould, WA USA
Excerpt from Chapter 4: Constructing
Cane Rods;
By Ray Gould, WA USA
Why Bamboo, Part 1
Why Bamboo, Part 2
Tradition, Part 3 (final)
Cane Karma
By Bill Walters
The Fisher of Trout Brook
By Ron Kusse
Common Sense about Choosing a Bamboo Fly Rod
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
True Love
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
Oh Nuts!
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
The Life of the Wife
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
My Big Fan
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
What's A Fly Rod
By Michael K. Villa, Rodmaker, CA
SOME NOTES ON ROD ACTION
With Specific Reference To Bamboo
By Mike Brookes, UK
Building A Cane Rod
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 2
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 3
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 4
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 5
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 6
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 7
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 8
By J.D. Wagner
Building a Cane Rod, Part 9
By J.D. Wagner
Necessity is the mother of invention - 16th c.
By J.D. Wagner
History of the Split Cane Flyrod, Part II.
By J.D. Wagner
More on Tonkin Cane
By J.D. Wagner
A Little Flattery
By J.D. Wagner
Bamboo Rod Care
By J.D. Wagner
Details
By J.D. Wagner
Making Bamboo
By Lou Burhart
Building a Bamboo Rod
By Brian Toman
Part 1, Forward to The Lovely Reed
by Glenn Brackett
Part 2, Forward to The Lovely Reed
by Glenn Brackett
Part 3, Forward to The Lovely Reed (Conclusion)
by Glenn Brackett
Why Cane? by Lon Blauvelt
Cane Rods For Beginner's by Clark Davis
Excerpts From A Lovely Reed by Jack Howell
Building a Bamboo Rod by Thomas Penrose
Rod Makers at Gray Rock by Deanna Birkholm
Robert Summers by Andrew L. McFarlane
The Classic Fly Rod by Ralph Moon