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 ...

Larry Donahe wants to slow it down. Not just life — though that as well — but the cadence of the fly cast, an already gracefully slow series of motions that allows the skilled angler, armed with rod ...

I bought my first bamboo fly rod in the 1970s at a garage sale in Boulder. It was a beat-up 3-piece, 9-footer with chromed ferrules and two tip sections. One of the tips was 2 inches short, which ...

While sorting tackle for an upcoming trip to fish the blue-winged olive hatch on the Frying Pan River, I briefly pondered if I should include my Hidy 8-foot, 4-weight split bamboo fly rod. I’d already ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Lee Orr and his dad Larry were trout fishing in Montana and not having much luck. Using conventional spinning gear, the duo observed others who were fly fishing and were "tearing ...

Join us at Headwaters Outfitters on Saturday, April 4th at 2:00P.M. for a special presentation by bamboo fly rod maker Lou Dondero from On The Rise Bamboo Rods. Lou will discuss the bamboo rod ...

FREMONT, MI – In the quiet of his basement workshop, Wes Cooper has been keeping a 90-year-old Michigan tradition alive - that of hand-building bamboo fly rods in an era dominated by mass-produced ...

The bamboo in the burlap sacks beside the driveway once rose on the sage hills of China's Guangdong Province. A river runs through it. It's the kind of place where ancient artists and intellects once ...

The history of fly fishing in America has been well documented, but angling historians remain somewhat conflicted regarding some of its finer details. For example, many believe the art originated in ...

There is something magical about fly fishing with a bamboo rod. Fred Kretchman’s first exposure to bamboo rods was as a boy, fishing with his dad for bass and bluegills. Fred fondly recalls his father ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. TWIN BRIDGES - Glenn Brackett will describe the act of building split bamboo fly rods as "a ...

Fine bamboo rods are rooted in angling tradition. Names such as Leonard, Payne, Edwards, Thomas, Garrison, Gillum and Dickerson are just a few of the “classic” bamboo rod makers of years past. Today ...