I’ll stay with bamboo…
. . . “The subtle finesse that will put a No. 18 dry fly on a quarter at forty feet. The rod is all right, I suppose. It’s got power, but power alone won’t catch trout. I’ll stay with bamboo. It has grace, a soothing touch . . .
The old men collected fly rods the way small boys collect marbles or baseball cards. Emerson had ten rods. He looked after them as though they were his children. Even cleaning them in the evening boosted his spirits. He and Albert never considered bamboo rods as things. No, they were the inanimate creeping toward life, wands as full of excitement, chance, fortune and agony as the natural world.”
-Harry Middleton, The Earth is Enough
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"Now a new line of fly rods from the Oregon-based Headwaters Bamboo Rod Co. is designed for anglers on a modest budget who don't want to wait months for a rod."
I was just able to use my new rod and I was very pleased with it. It cast very smooth and has great action, and it also looks great.
Thank you
Ps Do you plan on making 7 or 8 wt rods?
Tim Wess
(jamison PA)