As for me, I have been following Sweetgrass Rods since about 2010. Winston (founded by Robert Winther and Lew Stoner, thus the R L Winston). Today there are many small independent craftsmen who make good bamboo rods, but the better-known companies are Orvis (founded by Charles F. Other historically well-known bamboo rod makers were Paul Young, F.E. Not sure that problem holds true today, and so several modern-day rod makers will offer quad or pentagonal rods as well.
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It was often full of scorch marks and insect damage, and so it was easier to find six thin strips of good quality cane than four wider strips for the quadrate rod. He first built square or quadrate rods, but he eventually started making the six-strip or hex rods because good quality cane was hard to find in the late 1800s. Leonard is credited with creating the first six-sided rod (a hexagonal rod), which is still predominant today. No doubt the industrial age advanced the craft of rod making in the late 1800s.Īfter the Civil War, H.L Leonard, a gunsmith and master craftsman, began making split cane rods. Apparently there is some confusion about where split cane rods were invented (France, England, China, or USA), but as for America it is said that Samuel Phillipe of Easton, Pennsylvania, was the first American to experiment with making multisided rods with strips of bamboo glued together. Split cane rods replaced wooden poles or bamboo poles for fishing in the early 1800s. Most every serious trout angler has heard or read about the history of bamboo fly rods.
I am old enough to pre-date graphite rods, and I admit that I have longed to own a quality bamboo fly rod since the age of 21.
Lightweight reel spooled with a #5 sink-tip line.
2450, 7′ 9″, 4/5 weight – accompanied by my Hardy L.R.H.
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