Bamboo School Lessons

Twelve lessons on what bamboo is, how a rod gets built, and how to pick the one for your water. If you missed one in your inbox, or want to read ahead, every lesson is here. Each one ends with a short quiz. Answers are included: it is a recall tool, not a test.

The Material

What cane is, and why it behaves the way it does.

1. Lesson 1. Why bamboo?
2. Lesson 2. The only bamboo that works
3. Lesson 3. Twenty-four strips

The Blueprint

Tapers: the drawing that decides how a rod fishes.

1. Lesson 4. The blueprint
2. Lesson 5. Fast, progressive, parabolic
3. Lesson 6. The people behind the tapers

On the Water

Casting it, matching it to your river, looking after it.

1. Lesson 7. The stroke you have to unlearn
2. Lesson 8. The right rod for where you fish
3. Lesson 9. What the rod needs from you

The Decision

Choosing your first rod, and where ours are made.

1. Lesson 10. The four questions
2. Lesson 11. Where these rods come from
3. Lesson 12. Graduation: Bamboo Certified

Not sure which rod fits your water? Take the Rod Finder. It takes about three minutes.