Reply To: My grandpa’s fly rod

Great story! I too have a bamboo rod that my late Uncle Jim owned. He had a fishing resort for many years back when I was a baby and little boy in Northern Minnesota (near Walker, MN). He didn’t fly fish for trout but would use a bamboo fly rod as he trolled for walleye. I would go with him as a young boy and be amazed how he would catch fish after fish. The fly rod was very sensitive and he could feel those “sensitive” biting walleyes every time. Of course , we ate the best fish in the world to eat – the walleye. I never could catch them like him. But many years after he passed away his sons presented me with his bamboo fly rod. Nothing fancy about it but he truly knew how to catch fish with it. I plan on cleaning it up, maybe restoring it a bit and hanging it in a special place.