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Detailed instructions on how to assemble and finish a durable attractive fly rod. Sort By: Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Most Popular Title Manufacturer Newest Oldest Availability 10 per page 20 per page 40 per page 60 per page 100 per page Page of 1 Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods (pb) by Wayne Cattanach Our Price: $24.95 Wayne Cattanach describes the process that will take anyone from lengths of hard, raw bamboo to a beautiful finished rod with clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations, including how to find the best supplies, select tools and materials, make heat treaters and binders, cut culms, straighten bamboo strips, plane and stagger strips, bind strips, apply finishes, mount the reel seat, ferrules, and tip-top, and much more. This is surely the most thorough book available for those who wish to make and fish their own bamboo fly rods. Rod Crafting: A Colorful Pictorial History from 1843-1960 by Jeffery L. Hatton Our Price: $29.95 The history of fishing rods from the early 1800s to the 1970s, through text and hundreds of color photographs. With access to five private and extensive collections, Hatton covers the first three ages of rod-making: The smith age, up to 1870; the expansion era, 1870-1900; and the classic era, 1900-1970s. Forty-nine beautiful rods are featured, each with a description, history, notable features.