: The rod is fitted with nickel-silver ferrules, wrapped with silk threads to hold the guides, and coated in multiple layers of protective varnish. 🏷️ Notable Master Makers
Building a quality bamboo fly rod is an incredibly labor-intensive process that can take dozens of hours of manual labor. ANTIQUE BAMBOO FLY RODS
: Traditional wood rods were heavy and prone to snapping. In the mid-1800s, builders discovered that splitting stalks of bamboo and gluing them back together created a lighter, stronger, and more flexible tool. : The rod is fitted with nickel-silver ferrules,