A Burning Anachronism
Everett Garrison and Hoagy Charmichael’s book The Master’s Guide to Building a Bamboo Flyrod was one of the most eagerly awaited books in my library. I bought it prepublication and simply couldn’t wait until it arrived. I had, you see, been building rods for a few years prior to its publication....
Rodmaking Heresy
Let me first say where I’m coming from. I made my first rods in the mid 1960s, ten years before the Garrison/Charmichael book . I worked alone, using Kreider, Holden and Herter. In those days, all makers were unavailable as information sources ...
A Different Way to Dress Ferrule Tabs
Often, we, as rodmakers, get caught up in what is “classic” or the accepted way to do things. Well, for me, one of those things changed recently. I actually changed something in my rodmaking process, quite an accomplishment for an old curmudgeon...
