Resource List
Rich McGaughey (gaugh rhymes with laugh)
email Mac macsrods@yahoo.com
www.macsrods.com for home page or click here
Internet
Rodmakers list serve http://www.canerod.com/rodmakers/dirs.html
(the virtual community of bamboo fly rod makers)
Anglers Collectibles Exchange search "name that rod"
Clark's Classic Fly Rods- http://www.fishcane.com/
Catalogs –
http://www.catalogcity.com/Components and catalogs
Mudhole
http://www.mudhole.com/default.html Email sales@mudhole.comTelephone (407) 277-0099 Toll Free Fax (800) 420-6049 ,FL
Janns Netcraft call (800) 346-6590 http://jannsnetcraft.com/
Shoff tackle
http://www.shofftackle.com/214 West Meeker Street , Kent, Washington U.S.A. 98032
253-852-4760 Fax 253-850-8757
Hook & Hackle Company -
http://www.hookhack.com/ - 7 Kaycee Loop Road, Plattsburgh NY 12901 Phone: 1-800-552-8342Anglers Workshop 360.225.9445 - www.anglersworkshop.com
Bamboo specialists:
Goldenwitch
– www.goldenwitch.com Email: info@goldenwitch.comP.O. Box 159 Hopeland, PA 17533 USA Telephone: 717-738-7330 Fax: 717-738-4957
Books
– half.com remember the library** recommended as a good place to start
Rod Building
A Master's Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod Everett Garrison, Hoagy B. Carmichael 1977
( its expensive so wait until you are serious about rod building )
**Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods Wayne Cattanach Hardcover, Revised, 2000
The Lovely Reed: An Enthusiast's Guide to Building Bamboo Fly Rods Jack Howell , 1998 –
Constructing Cane Rods: Secrets of the Bamboo Fly Rod Ray Gould 1998
Best of The Planning Form 1997
How to Make Bamboo Fly Rods George W. Barnes Hardcover, 1977
Fundamentals of Building A Bamboo Fly Rod, Maurer, George E. & Elser, Bernard P. 1998
Bamboo: Fact, Fiction and Flyrods, 2001 Milward, Bob
History of vintage bamboo rods and tackle
Classic Rods & Rodmakers 1976 Martin J. Keane – out of print
**Antique & Collectable Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide Homel, Dan. 1997
Classic and Antique Fly Fishing Tackle: A Guide for Collectors and Anglers, Campbell, A.J 1997
Sinclair , Micheal Heddon. The Rod with the Fighting Heart 1997 Fishing Rods by Divine 1993
Colorado Classic Cane 1991 Spurr, D & M. Sinclair
Spurr , Dick The Classic Chronicle's Value Guide For Bamboo Fly Rods 1999, Classic Bamboo
Rodmakers: Past & Present, 1992 Wes Jordon: Profile of a Rodmaker
Schaaf. Dickerson. The Man & His Rods Stein, G & J. 1991
Great Fishing Tackle Catalogs: of the golden age, Melner, Samuel & Kessler, Hermann (eds) 1972
Restoration
**Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook -Michael Sinclair ( good info on old rods , too)
The Fine Bamboo Fly Rod: A Master's Secrets of Restoration & Repair by Stuart Kirkfield ($80)
Vintage Books on Rod Building
Amateur Rod Making by Perry Frazer 1914
The Angler's Work Shop by Letcher Lambuth 1979.
The Bamboo Rod 1951 Claude Kreider
The Idyll of the Split - Bamboo rod , 1920 (Garrison's mentor) Dr Holden
Bamboo Rod Building Manual ? George Leonard Herter's
How to Build Your Own Split Bamboo Rod, 1954.Lawtom Moss
Rods: How to Make Them, 1959 J. B. Walker
Wise Fisherman’s Encyclopedia A. J. McClane ( section on bamboo rod making)
Magazines
Power Fibers
(Webzine) http://www.powerfibers.com/ freeThe Planing Form (Newsletter) P.O. Box 365 Hastings, MI 49058
Finish Strippers
-Old Dads , Citristrip , BTX Stripper