Don Andersen Fly Rods

Cigar cork grip with blued nickelsilver slideband and butt cap.

Don andersen fly rods.

Burled wooden reelseat spacer. Modern bamboo fly rods. Don anderson s heat treating oven. Original watercolour royal coachman courtesy of clive schaupmeyer.

Don anderson maker alberta canada model 209e 7 9 2pc 2 tip 5 wt. Casting with a split cane and adapting to it is a subject worth more than a little study because of the range of actions we can find in the rods and the very real situation that many anglers have their own idiosyncratic style with carbon or with cane. When i m out fishing i usually have an older classic reel on my rods. Don andersen s facebook page.

Evolution of a rodmaker stauffer creek story the catatonic leech order of the bighorn muir lake walk of fame indicators for all fishing conditions the cff a dry fly. But a lot of the modern day reels are very light weight and don t balance a bamboo rod very well while many of the older reels that were made years ago are heavier. Casting and fishing a bamboo fly rod. You could win a handcrafted split cane fly rod we have extended the draw date for our raffle for the bamboo rod built by don andersen until november 7 2020.

Classic rod forum where bamboo rods their use value and construction are the staff of life. Contents are copyright 1999 2020 by don andersen. In addition to these older rod tapers there are excellect tapers by contemporary makers such as aj thramer don anderson wayne cattanach and ray gould in the the archives of the rodmaker s listserv in books in the planing form and on web pages linked to jerry foster s rodmaker s website. The northern lights fly tyers tu edmonton is a group of dedicated and concerned anglers and cold water conservationists who meet regularly throughout the year to converse about all things fly tying fishing and conservation.

Rod is in excellent condition. And there is just something about putting a reel with a classic look on a fine bamboo fly rod. Fast dry fly action. The raffle prize is a 7 6 3 4 weight cane continue reading.