How to make a bamboo fly fishing rod from scratch
Learning how to make a bamboo fly fishing rod is one of those projects that starts as a curiosity and quickly turns into a full-blown obsession. There's something almost meditative about taking a raw, hollow stick of grass and turning it into a precision instrument capable of casting a tiny dry fly onto a rising trout's nose. It isn't the fastest way to get on the water—not by a long shot—but the soul of a "boo" rod is something graphite can never quite replicate. ...