PJ’s Fine Bamboo Rods invites you to dive into the timeless art of bamboo rod building with our six-day immersive class in the heart of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Whether you’re a seasoned angler or a ...

Bamboo rod-building is a craft that has been passed literally from one set of hands to the next, and Winston, one of the revered names in a sport that cares about tradition, hopes to be building more ...

TWIN BRIDGES — The four workers who build bamboo fly rods at the R.L. Winston Rod Co. in Twin Bridges have resigned in protest over a dispute with management. Glenn Brackett, Jerry Kustich, Wayne Maca ...

LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

The words leave his lips as though he has spoken them a thousand times before, yet resonate here among the culms of bamboo, ancient rod-building machinery and photos of legendary fish from a lost time ...

See BAMBOO, Page D5 Jim Reams, a bamboo rod maker from Fall River Mills, Calif., said he cast one of Maca’s rods several years ago and it felt like a “rocket launcher.” For traditionalists, the rod ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manchester, VT, is something of a time capsule. It’s a two-stoplight town lined with marble sidewalks, manicured lawns, and ...

But those days will soon end. Brackett, Winston's master rod builder, along with fellow craftsmen Jeff Walker, Jerry Kustich and Wayne Maca, announced earlier this month that they intend to resign at ...

ESKO, Minn. -- When Phil Johnson was in college, making $3 an hour working summers at the paper mill in Cloquet, he saved enough to buy himself a bamboo fly rod. "I bought an Orvis Battenkill," says ...

ROSWELL, Ga. - Dr. Eugenie Clark once said, "Sharing the fun of fishing turns strangers into friends in a few hours," and according to the owners of a unique new shop in metro Atlanta, the scientist ...