Bamboo School Lessons

Twelve lessons that pick up where the Short Course leaves off: how to judge, line, cast, care for and buy a bamboo rod like someone who has fished cane for years. Read them at your own pace. Hit the button at the end of each one and I'll keep your place.

New to bamboo? Start with the Short Course (about twenty minutes) first.

The Rod in Your Hand

How to judge a rod, the cane inside it, and the details that make it last.

1. Lesson 1. Reading a rod in your hand
2. Lesson 2. The cane, up close
3. Lesson 3. Construction details that matter

The Design

Reading tapers, choosing a line, and the schools the great tapers came from.

1. Lesson 4. Reading a taper chart
2. Lesson 5. Lines for bamboo
3. Lesson 6. The schools of design

On the Water

The stroke, matching a rod to your water, and caring for it.

1. Lesson 7. The bamboo stroke
2. Lesson 8. Matching the rod to the water
3. Lesson 9. Care and field repair

Buying and Owning

Buying new, used or vintage, how ours are checked, and graduation.

1. Lesson 10. Buying bamboo: new, used and vintage
2. Lesson 11. Inside our workshop
3. Lesson 12. Graduation: Bamboo Certified

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