LINKS
The following websites have information which I regularly find useful.
If you haven't already seen the film 'Troutgrass', know that I highly recommend it. It is a beautifully produced film which follows our raw material, Tonkin cane, from the hills of China, through the warehousing and selecting and on to Montana where Glenn Brackett makes a rod from it and Tom McGuane fishes it. More recently produced is the film 'Chasing the Taper' about current eastern bamboo rod-makers. It is a spectacularly beautiful and moving film. Both films are a must see for any bamboo enthusiast.
You owe it to yourselves to check out the products from Stu Hayden's The Silver Trout. He produces a ferrule wax that is the best by far I have ever used. It will solve most of your problems with nickel silver ferrules on bamboo rods and also works well on graphite-to-graphite or glass-to-glass ferrules. He also produces specialized fly tying waxes and fly floatants for varying conditions and applications.
American Casting Association
Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum
Marc Aroner Rods
Carlson style rods built by Dana Gray
Spey and trout rods by Bob Clay
Troutgrass (film)
Tom Morgan Rodsmiths
Sweetgrass Rods
Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club
Oakland Casting Club
Long River Tai Chi School
Snake Brand Guides and Tops
Mario Wojnicki Fishing Rods
Joe Rossano, artist, steelhead master and rodmaker
Galen Mercer's Art Work
Trout Unlimited
The Silver Trout; ferrule lube and waxes and floatants
Berkeley, CA Tai Chi School
David Serafin, high quality rod making bamboo
Tinboat Productions, makers of "Chasing the Taper" and other fine films
The following websites have information which I regularly find useful.
If you haven't already seen the film 'Troutgrass', know that I highly recommend it. It is a beautifully produced film which follows our raw material, Tonkin cane, from the hills of China, through the warehousing and selecting and on to Montana where Glenn Brackett makes a rod from it and Tom McGuane fishes it. More recently produced is the film 'Chasing the Taper' about current eastern bamboo rod-makers. It is a spectacularly beautiful and moving film. Both films are a must see for any bamboo enthusiast.
You owe it to yourselves to check out the products from Stu Hayden's The Silver Trout. He produces a ferrule wax that is the best by far I have ever used. It will solve most of your problems with nickel silver ferrules on bamboo rods and also works well on graphite-to-graphite or glass-to-glass ferrules. He also produces specialized fly tying waxes and fly floatants for varying conditions and applications.
American Casting Association
Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum
Marc Aroner Rods
Carlson style rods built by Dana Gray
Spey and trout rods by Bob Clay
Troutgrass (film)
Tom Morgan Rodsmiths
Sweetgrass Rods
Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club
Oakland Casting Club
Long River Tai Chi School
Snake Brand Guides and Tops
Mario Wojnicki Fishing Rods
Joe Rossano, artist, steelhead master and rodmaker
Galen Mercer's Art Work
Trout Unlimited
The Silver Trout; ferrule lube and waxes and floatants
Berkeley, CA Tai Chi School
David Serafin, high quality rod making bamboo
Tinboat Productions, makers of "Chasing the Taper" and other fine films
