Orvis Bamboo Fly Rod Makers

The resulting heirloom bamboo fly rods have surprising power with consummate grace and a bit of passionate charm.
Orvis bamboo fly rod makers. He learned to make bamboo rods under wes jordan when bamboo was still widely fished. Rod was refinished professionally. Makers manchester vt. Ron white bringing the quality craftsmanship of orvis fly fishing rods into the new millennium.
Learn their history in our bamboo fly rod info center. Cunningham rick 7 0 gillum taper. Classic doesn t necessarily mean old or vintage. The bamboo fly rod resource center.
Clark makers passing through the. Also offered are fine rods from contemporary makers who have learned from the masters and have in some cases greatly improved upon them in certain aspects. Model early varnished rod pre wes jordan era. The rods offered on the list are fly rods of high quality spanning all eras of manufacture from early leonard and thomas bamboo rods through the pinnacle of fiberglass and graphite to today s custom makers working with all blank materials.
Updated may 29 2020. Ron whitey white a native of arlington vermont has worked in the orvis rod shop for thirty seven years. View full product details. Wrapped in gold with golden and red signature wrapps.
Particulars for sale is an orvis madison bamboo rod marked hdg 6. Takes a 5 wt line and is medium fast dry fly action. 8 2pc 2 tip second tip down 1. For over 150 years orvis bamboo fly rod makers have been making some of the finest quality rods on the market.
Young jim payne everett garrison thomas thomas orvis. In the overwhelming techno wilderness of the early twenty first century the orvis bamboo fly rod represents a lasting bastion of workbench craftsmanship. Make offer vintage fly fishing rod bamboo orvis impregnated manchester 8 6 paper label tube new hollow built orvis bamboo fly rod 1856 805 3 full 8 ft 5 wt 3pc 2 695 00. Young thomas and thomas lyle dickerson ef payne hl leonard rod co goodwin granger and many others.
And it doesn t always mean bamboo. View our inventory of classic and vintage bamboo fly rods which at times include.