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Fishing Bamboo: An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod - John Gierach
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Fishing Bamboo: An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod - John Gierach
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Short Description
Once an angler masters a graphite rod, his interests often move on to the original fly rod, pliant bamboo. Until the mid-twentieth century, nearly all fly rods were bamboo. By the 1970s, fiberglass and graphite changed the world of fly-fishing. But more and more anglers are seeing bamboo rods in retail outlets, and want to give them a try. With this book, John Gierach, one of the nation's top fly-...
Full bibliographic data for Fishing Bamboo
- Title
- Fishing Bamboo
- Subtitle
- An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod
- Authors and contributors
- By (author) John Gierach
- Physical properties
- Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
Width: 152 mm
Height: 229 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 254 g - Audience
- General/trade
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- ISBN 13: 9781599212173
ISBN 10: 159921217X - Classifications
- Dewey:799.10284
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:T15.8
BICMainSubject:WSXF
BISAC category code:SPO014000
Dewey:688.791 - Illustrations note
- black & white illustrations throughout
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press
- Imprint name
- The Lyons Press
- Publication date
- 13 October 2007
- Publication City/Country
- Guilford/US
- Main description
- Once an angler masters a graphite rod, his interests often move on to the original fly rod, pliant bamboo. Until the mid-twentieth century, nearly all fly rods were bamboo. By the 1970s, fiberglass and graphite changed the world of fly-fishing. But more and more anglers are seeing bamboo rods in retail outlets, and want to give them a try. With this book, John Gierach, one of the nation’s top fly-fishing writers, provides a philosophical guide to the angler who seeks this new “old” method. Gierach discusses how bamboo rods are built, how they differ from graphite rods, and how using one will change a fly fisher’s approach to the sport. Fishing bamboo might be the pinnacle of fly-casting skill, and this book will help take you there.John Geirach is a master fly fisherman who lives in Lyons, Colorado.
- Back cover copy
- Once an angler masters a graphite rod, his interests often move on to the original fly rod, pliant bamboo. Until the mid-twentieth century, nearly all fly rods were bamboo. By the 1970s, fiberglass and graphite changed the world of fly-fishing. But more and more anglers are seeing bamboo rods in retail outlets, and want to give them a try. With this book, John Gierach, one of the nation's top fly-fishing writers, provides a philosophical guide to the angler who seeks this new "old" method. Gierach discusses how bamboo rods are built, how they differ from graphite rods, and how using one will change a fly fisher's approach to the sport. Fishing bamboo might be the pinnacle of fly-casting skill, and this book will help take you there.