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As a long time Colorado fly-fisherman my goal is simple: to enhance your fly fishing experience by producing a handmade "cane" (bamboo) fly rod that has no equal. I've used my many years of on-the-water experience to create rods that perform beyond expectations. My philosophy begins with the simple truth that bamboo rods are made to be fished! Although my rods are elegantly and simplistically beautiful, I believe that a well made rod must be designed to both cast well and fish well before aesthetic concerns are considered. All my fly rods are 100% handmade, one-at-a-time, by myself. I choose only the highest quality bamboo culms to make my rods, which are offered in a flamed or blonde color, and are finished in your choice of high gloss varnish, a semi-gloss hand-rubbed varnish or a satin impregnated finish.
There are several steps involved when making a quailty cane rod. Fundimentally, you take a piece of 5'-6' round bamboo and start splitting it in half, and in half again, and again until you get 20-24pcs. If you are going to 'flame' the rod, adding color and removing moisture, you do this before splitting the cane. Each section of rod takes 6pcs of your split cane. You then plane each piece for an exact fit to the other pieces, tie the pieces together to form the rough section of rod, glue together, heat cure, trim and varnish. Each rod takes between 40 and 60 hours to complete depending on any detail work you want done. When the rod is finished and meets my exacting quality standards, I personally serialize and sign each one. Prior to starting my own business, I spent four years as an apprentice at the Fultz Rod Co. Since that time I have spent many hours studying how to design a rod and developed my own tapers that are well rounded to suit the needs of most anglers. |
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4490 Vance St. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 421-5772 |
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