In 1907, Heddon and Co. opened a manufacturing location for a full line of bamboo rods right here in Chetek. It was located in the building that was formerly owned ...

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 ...

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, ...

All students of fly fishing will agree that Tonkin bamboo was the superior material for building a classic fly rod, and most will concur that Tonkin bamboo was correctly named: Arundaria amabilis ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bamboo rod-building is a craft that has been passed literally from one set of hands to the next, and Winston, one of the revered names in a sport that cares about tradition, hopes to be building more ...