Charles F. Murphy: “Split” Bamboo

"Says I, ‘There is a lot of waste material in that rod, and the joints in the cane are no good;’ and so it came about
that I split the cane, only into four parts at first, shaved down the pulpy inside and glued the pieces together, and
had a rod that was springy enough to cast a fly and had the backbone to fight a salmon."

"When was this?"

"It was in 1863. I soon found that four strips left too much pulp on the inside—for the strength is all in the
enamel—and I made rods of six and eight strips. The latter are too small to work accurately, but the six-strip
was received with favor…"

 

Taken from "My Angling Friends" by Frank Mather (published in 1901)

September 29, 2007 | Filed Under News

 

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