Kathy Scott’s Moose in the Water/Bamboo on the Bench
Moose, as the title of this fine volume is often abbreviated, is a thrill for insiders. Bamboo rodmakers, especially those who haunt the rodmaking listserv and the conclaves, will find a mirror cast before them; if they are blind to themselves, they will at least see a host of acquaintances. The surface irony is that this “insider’s” tribute was composed by the wife of a man who was making his second rod, not his twelfth or twentieth or....
R.E. Milward’s Bamboo Fact, Fiction and Flyrods
Bamboo: Fact, Fiction and Flyrods by Bob Milward is a truly groundbreaking text on the art of making split bamboo fly rods. You might ask how this could be when there are already so many texts on the subject. The answer is simple. Until now, no one has ever undertaken such an extensive look at the science...
JW Flyrod’s Rod Wrapper
While cruising the web one night a few months back, I happened upon Jerry Wall’s website (www.jwflyrods.com). Jerry has always had a great reputation for building quality bamboo flyrods, and an even...
