Hunters traded nets and falcons for shotguns in pursuit of game birds some 500 years ago. Wing-shooting certainly still has its nostalgic protocols, its aesthetics, even its pretensions. But when ...

The historical marker at S. Third and Pine streets, just south of Centre Square, Easton, indicates where Samuel Phillippe invented the split-bamboo fishing rod in the United States. He made the fir… ...

Some years ago, George Black happened upon a split bamboo fly rod in an antiques mall in Stillwater, Okla. A fly fisher of but a few years, he bought it for $87.50 and thought he had something ...

In the the new world of mass producing fishing poles, 85-year-old Wes Cooper, of Fremont, is bucking the trend by making handmade bamboo fly rods out of his home.

Traveling WV: Bamboo Fly Rod Maker. by Brad Rice. Thu, May 11th 2017 at 3:32 PM. 7. ... Lee now makes his own fly rods from split bamboo, the traditional material used for the very first fly rods.

Tackle testers, Mark Sawyer and Aidan Bordiuk have been testing a variety of barbel rods in varying scenarios to ensure they perform how they are supposed to for the given method they were designed!

Massachusetts-based businesses, Brandin Split-Cane Rods and Lamson Cutlery, promise longevity and craftsmanship. The Deerfield River has long been a destination for those looking for the priceless ...

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 ...