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Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker [VHS] $34.55 … |
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Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker $26.95 … |
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Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker For over 50 years, Francis Degere made bamboo fly rods in his Adams, Massachusetts home. “Digger”, as he is known, spent at least 100 hours hand crafting each split cane rod from a single culm of bamboo. His skills and techniques are revealed as he teaches the craft to his apprentice, Fred Moran, thus passing the torch to the next generation. Digger: Portrait of a Bamboo Fly Rod Maker is more t… |
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Antique & Collectible Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide $19.13 ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE FISHING RODS 4th Printing (November 2002). This most recent printing includes a revised and updated price guide with additional historical data and rod maker listings. It is a valuable resource for the collector, antique dealer or angler interested in classic fly rods, bait casting rods, spinning and ocean rods produced from bamboo, wood, fiberglass and steel. The author prov… |
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Splitting Cane: Conversations with Bamboo Rodmakers $12.00 “It’s about time someone wrote a book about bamboo fly rods, not as works of art or as elements of an ongoing tradition (although they can certainly be that) but as the fishing tools they were always meant to be. And Ed was just the guy to do it. He understands and appreciates the romance and heritage behind these rods, but he’s also a practical fisherman who-first and foremost-expects a fly rod t… |
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Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection $0.99 Thirty-five million Americans–one in eight–like to go fishing. Fly fishers have always considered themselves the aristocracy of the sport, and a small number of those devotees, a few thousand at most, insist upon using one device in the pursuit of their obsession: a handcrafted split-bamboo fly rod. Meeting this demand for perfection are the inheritors of a splendid art, one that reveres tradi… |
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Splitting Cane $29.95 Interviews with 16 contemporary rodmakers Tips on caring for a bamboo rod The old-school bamboo fly-fishing rod, with its irresistibly warm, natural, and romantic tradition, is explored through conversations with 16 bamboo rodmakers. Profiled in the book are Mike Clark of South Creek, Ltd.; Walt Carpenter; John Bradford; Jim Hidy; Homer Jennings; Joe Arguello; Jeff Wagner; Charlie and Steven Jenkins; Glenn Brackett and the R.L. Winston Rod Company; Ted Knott; George Maurer; Robert Gorman; Bernard Ramanauskas; Dwight Lyons; Don Schroeder; and Carl-Johan Anderberg. The author test-casted the rods and then interviewed the makers to get the story behind each rod”s making. The in-depth stories, along with clear, detailed descriptions of bamboo rods, and a chapter on rod-making basics make this an excellent read for all who appreciate a fine bamboo rod. |
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