Potholes on the Upper Sac!
International Symposium on Trichoptera 2006 There is a small pool on the Upper Sac that is in town. Hart Avenue hole, or the Old man’s hole. Whichever you prefer. The small group of friends that I...
View ArticleHow the Upper Sacramento River really got open for Winter Season
In a recent post, I told you about how great the Upper Sac fishes in the fall, specifically from the start of the second week of November until it blows out. That time of year makes the Upper Sac River...
View ArticleDa Mouse Stick
7 Weight Hollow Built Bamboo Fly Rod: “Da Mouse Stick” Nobody knows bamboo fly rods. What they can do. Not really. Not nowadays, anyway. In the good old days everybody fished with bamboo fly rods,...
View ArticleLittle Cooper 7’3″ 3/2 Just completed!
A great little small stream rod! It has just been listed, with a dozen or so pictures. I will put up a video showing how it casts in the next few days. Here is the description: “Little Cooper” is...
View Article7’6″ DT90 Just finished!
This is a great rod for the person wanting a fine bamboo fly rod that comes close to matching the cadence of a 905 graphite stick. Similar to a B9 Powell taper, this rod gives you higher line speed,...
View Article8’3″ 3/2 Fin3 and 2/2 Fin2 Just put in the tube!
Both rods new in tube! Please see “Rods for Sale” page. There are 4 new rods for sale as well as a prototype rod. Just in time for openers! Great rods. Available now!
View ArticleGeorge Gerhke’s Bamboo fly rod: The Bastard
George Gerhke’s Bamboo fly rod: The Bastard About 2 decades ago, George decided that he was going to prove a point when it came to bamboo fly rods. He felt they were not hard to make, and the ones...
View ArticleNew Classic Series of Bamboo Fly Rods now available – and on sale!
New Classic Series of solid-built bamboo fly rods now on sale! Please go to the Rods for Sale page on this website for more detailed descriptions of these bamboo fly rods now on sale! These are...
View ArticleYou can’t go home again. Fishing the Upper Sac
I lived in Dunsmuir for almost 18 years. On the Upper Sac River. I don’t know whether that is long enough to call Dunsmuir home. I guess it was in my mind, anyway. As for the locals? No. Not long...
View ArticleGreat fisherman, great guide, and ahem, a great bamboo fly rod!
David Hale Smith, and his Dad, bought a couple of the one-tip rods I built a few months ago. David had an opportunity to take one of the bamboo fly rods out on the Animas River, in Colorado. He used...
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