A Fly Rod with a Soul (book)
'A Fly Rod with a Soul' - a book about the life and work of E.C. Powell, legendary California bamboo rod maker and early pioneer of hollow fishing rods. It has a Smyth sewn hardcover book in the 'roundback' style, 240 pages with about 70 B&W photos printed in duotone and hundreds of color images, line drawings and charts. Printing will be by O'Neil in Phoenix, AZ and bound in the same town by Roswell Bookbinding. My feeling is that E.C. Powell would have been happiest with an all American produced book, so it is being printed in this country also using American paper, 100 pound McCoy Silk Text. It is certainly not the most affordable or profit-oriented approach, but it is a way to get the quality that I want and that I feel the Powell family will be proud of in honoring their place in this uniquely American craft.