See BAMBOO, Page D5 Jim Reams, a bamboo rod maker from Fall River Mills, Calif., said he cast one of Maca’s rods several years ago and it felt like a “rocket launcher.” For traditionalists, the rod ...

Fly fishermen come to Blue Ridge, a small town in the North Georgia mountains called the trout capital of the state, from all over the world to angle year-round. They also come to seek out Bill Oyster ...

ESKO -- When Phil Johnson was in college, making $3 an hour working summers at the paper mill in Cloquet, he saved enough to buy himself a bamboo fly rod. "I bought an Orvis Battenkill," says Johnson, ...

Many who fish with split-cane bamboo fly rods say they allow a depth of feeling when casting or reeling in a fish that just isn’t possible with today’s more common graphite rods. When Selah’s Kevin ...

BUFFALO — Zac Sexton is addicted to fly-fishing. “I am literally addicted to it,” he said. “My wife is an addictions counselor, and she says I'm addicted to it. I don't do things I'm supposed to do so ...

PJ’s Fine Bamboo Rods will open its first brick-and-mortar store in Pagosa Springs on Oct. 8. The custom fly rod maker has been servicing Southwest Colorado with its e-commerce business since 2019, ...

In a world full of mass-produced stuff, the bamboo shop at the R.L. Winston Rod Co. in Twin Bridges was a relic. It was a place where the four craftsmen who worked there hand-built bamboo fly rods one ...

Winston's bamboo shop produces around 100 rods annually. Each rod sells for as much as $3,000. The rods are meticulously hand-built under the watchful eye of Brackett and can take as long as a year to ...

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

HOBART - When Robert “R.D.” Taylor made his first catch on a fly fishing outing with his uncle at age 16, both he and the fish were hooked simultaneously. Ever since, Taylor, 65, of Hobart, has been ...

The words leave his lips as though he has spoken them a thousand times before, yet resonate here among the culms of bamboo, ancient rod-building machinery and photos of legendary fish from a lost time ...

A finely detailed brown trout seen on the cover of Jerry Kustich's new book "Bamboo Days" echoes a life spent close to rivers, flies and the art of bamboo rod making. Credit: Courtesy of Bob Romano ...