I've been refurbishing Bamboo fly rods to fishable condition for a few years now, not rest6oring, there's a difference. Restoring is bringing a rod back to as original, that means original hardware, wrap color and style. Since I'm more interested in fishing than working (and believe me restoring is a lot of work). I just like to bring a classic back to fishable conditions and well, fish it. Which after all is the best part.

For those of you who fish bamboo on a regular basis I don't need to explain the huge difference between the feel of bamboo and graphite. Graphite is a fantastic material it is light and strong and allows for fast action and the ability to cast long distances. There are a lot of great graphite rods, but they feel cold and characterless to me and fishing has become less about catching fish for me and more about meditation and recharging my spirit.

Bamboo is slow and heavy (much like me) and the first time you cast bamboo ,it makes it's presence known.

I read and hear about rods being an extension of your arm, well bamboo brings the rod & fly line back to a separate entity. You feel the rod flex, you feel the line load. Bamboo forces you to slow down, bamboo makes you relearn the rhythm of flyfishing.