SPLITTING CANE: CONVERSATIONS WITH BAMBOO RODMAKERS. By Ed Engle. Foreword by John Gierach.
2002 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 236mm). Ppxii,212. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black and tan boards, spine titled in gilt.
From the Foreword by John Gierach - "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 certainly can be that) but as the fishing tools they were always meant to be". The author investigates every aspect of rod making from buying the cane in China to the makers' workshops. Interviews with Carl-Johan Anderberg, Joe Arguello, Glenn Brackett, John Bradford, Walt Carpenter, Mike Clark, Robert Gorman, Jim Hidy, Charlie and Steven Jenkins, Homer Jennings, Ted Knott, Dwight Lyons, George Maurer, Bernard Ramanauskas, Don Schroeder and Jeff Wagner.
From the Foreword by John Gierach - "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 certainly can be that) but as the fishing tools they were always meant to be". The author investigates every aspect of rod making from buying the cane in China to the makers' workshops. Interviews with Carl-Johan Anderberg, Joe Arguello, Glenn Brackett, John Bradford, Walt Carpenter, Mike Clark, Robert Gorman, Jim Hidy, Charlie and Steven Jenkins, Homer Jennings, Ted Knott, Dwight Lyons, George Maurer, Bernard Ramanauskas, Don Schroeder and Jeff Wagner.
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Book Code
14116
| Author | Engle (Ed). (b. 1950). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 14116 |
| ISBN | 0811700089 / 0811700089. |
| Book Description | Very good in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2002 |
| Publisher | Stackpole Books. |
| Place | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. |