Splitting Cane: Conversations with Bamboo Rodmakers

by Ed Engle

"It's about time someone wrote a book about bamboo fly rods, not as works of art or as elements of an ongoing tradition (although they can certainly be that) but as the fishing tools they were always meant to be. And Ed was just the guy to do it. He understands and appreciates the romance and heritage behind these rods, but he's also a practical fisherman who-first and foremost-expects a fly rod to cast well. This is the best kind of book: one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811700089
• ISBN13: 9780811700085
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"