Fishing Bamboo: One Man's Love Affair with Bamboo Fly Rods - Hardcover

Gierach, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558215913 ISBN 13: 9781558215917

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 1997

Synopsis

A finely tuned portrait of the pleasures of fishing with a bamboo rod, by the author of Trout Bum.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Fishing Bamboo is an attempt to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about split bamboo fly rods: Who fishes them and why do they do it? Are they really better than graphite? Who makes them? Who sells them? Why do they cost so much? And what the hell are you trying to prove? One bamboo maker thinks the book will save a lot of time on the telephone. He said "When someone calls and asks, 'So, what's the deal on these things anyway?' I can just say, "Buy Gierach's book.'"There's a lot of interest in bamboo rods, or at least curiosity about them. They've been around since before the Civil War and for much of that time almost all fly rods - cheap, expensive, and in between - were made of split bamboo. They're a large part of the tradition and mythology of fly fishing, but some fishermen are surprised to learn that they're as alive and well now as they've ever been. In fact, some of the split bamboo rods being built today are among the best ever made.Think of Fishing Bamboo as an introduction to bamboo rods and to the subculture of people who make, buy, sell, collect, and fish with them. (61/4 X 91/4, 132 pages, illustrations, chart)

About this edition

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1558215913
• ISBN 13: 9781558215917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128