Antique Bamboo — Fly Rods

: 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

: Spanning from the 1870s to the 1950s, split-cane rods were the undisputed king of the water. 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,

: Usually, six matched strips are glued together to form a perfect hexagon. and more flexible tool. : Usually