FISHING BAMBOO. By John Gierach. Limited Edition.

Gierach (John Lawrence). (1946-2024).

ISBN 10: 1558215913 / ISBN 13: 9781558215917

Published by Lyons & Burford. New York. 1997

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. 8vo (154 x 228mm). Ppx,113. Line illustrations by Glenn Wolff, bibliography, limitation page to rear. Brown cloth with colour plate tipped to brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1,750 copies, signed by author and illustrator. Fine in slipcase. Edition limited to 1,750 copies, printed in letterpress on 80-pound Mohawk Superfine paper, and signed by John Gierach and Glenn Wolff to limitation page at rear. The fascinating story of Gierach's love affair with the bamboo fly rod. "With the deftness of a surgeon, John Gierach thoroughly succeeds in a delicate operation - removing the mystery surrounding bamboo fly rods, while leaving the romance intact. Fishing Bamboo is both an informal treatise and a wonderfully engaging appreciation of rods and craftsmen, past and present." (Ted Leeson). "Classic on classic: Gierach on cane. John takes you there, puts the rod in your hands." (Dave Hughes). "The split bamboo fly rod and the mystique that goes with it is a subject that deserves just the right mix of skepticism and reverence, and John Gierach is just the writer to supply this, in a fascinating book that explains what the excitement is all about." (W.D. Wetherell). "What John McPhee once did for oranges, John Gierach now does for bamboo fly rods. The trick is to convince the reader that an apparently arcane subject is really as fascinating as the author believes, and Gierach succeeds mightily, all in an easy sort of fireside prose that belies the occasionally technical nature of the subject matters." (E. Donnall Thomas, Jr). . Seller Inventory # 2086

Bibliographic Details

Title: FISHING BAMBOO. By John Gierach. Limited ...

Publisher: Lyons & Burford. New York. 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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

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)