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From bamboo to fishing rod – Part 2

Last year I treated myself to a split cane brook, custom-made by Luke Bannister. He kindly shared photographs of the rod as it took shape and in this blog post I show the final stages of the build, from hexagonal strips of bamboo to a finished rod. The last blog post showed the planed andContinue reading “From bamboo to fishing rod – Part 2”

From bamboo to fishing rod – Part 1

While most fishing rods today are made from carbon fibres and resin in a Chinese factory, the traditional skills of the split cane rod maker live on in the hands of a small number of artisans. One master of this art is Luke Bannister who produces beautiful rods from his workshop in Cornwall. He isContinue reading “From bamboo to fishing rod – Part 1”